Managing violent behavior: a case study on the Bonek football club supporters in Indonesia.

Football supporters have an inseparable relationship with their favorite clubs, providing full support to their clubs. However, excessive behavior often leads to violence and aggression. Therefore, the presence of a coordinator in communities of football supporters is extremely important. This study analyzed the role of a coordinator as an agent in managing violent behaviors of Bonek supporters, which resonated with Giddens' primary concern in the structuration theory. In this theory, the concept of the structure must be reconstructed to relate, not to a social entity that is purely external to the human being, but wherein the structure is both the condition and consequence of human action. This research was conducted in Surabaya, Indonesia, with the coordinator and supporter community functioning as informants. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and documentations. Data analysis included collecting, reducing, and presenting data and drawing conclusions. This research indicates that the coordinator role as an agent becomes an essential and significant leadership quality of Bonek supporters as a social structure in the football community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]