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South Africa's World Cup : a legacy for whom? / edited by Eddie Cottle.
Van Pelt Library GV943.5 2010 S68 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Cup (Soccer) (2010)--Economic aspects.
- World Cup (Soccer).
- Soccer--Tournaments--Economic aspects--South Africa.
- Soccer.
- Soccer--Tournaments.
- South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- "This groundbreaking book provides a critically informed analysis of the impact and legacy of mega-sporting events through the lens of South Africa's 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup and its associated developmental paradigm. It challenges mainstream thinking and mega-event praise singers by providing concrete evidence to show that this sporting spectacular was little more than a front for massive accumulation and extraction of wealth, alongside increased sporting and socio-economic inequality."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- FIFA and the sports-accumulation complex / Dale T. McKinley
- Economic promises and pitfalls of South Africa's World Cup / Patrick Bond and Eddie Cottle
- Their cup runneth over : construction companies and the 2010 FIFA World Cup / Michelle Taal
- Scoring an own goal? : the construction workers' 2010 World Cup strike / Eddie Cottle
- The trade union legacy of the 2010 World Cup : international solidarity revitalised / Vasco Pedrina and Joachim Merz
- Informal traders and the struggle to trade / Pat Horn
- Lies, misrepresentation and unfulfilled expectations : sex work and the 2010 Soccer World Cup / Vivienne Mentor-Lalu
- Washing FIFA green : the World Cup and global warming / Tristen Taylor
- Soccer City : who drank all the beer from the calabash? / Mondi Hlatshwayo
- Green Point Stadium : FIFA's legacy of unfair play / Monli Mhatshwayo and Michael Blake
- Tall tales : dissecting the urban legend of the developmental legacy of Durban's Moses Madhida Stadium / Aisha Bahadur
- Mbombela : corruption, murder, false promises and resistance / Dale T. McKinley (with African Eye News Service)
- Building coliseums, living in shacks : construction workers in the shadow of the world-class city / Tony Roshan Samara.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781869142162
- 1869142160
- OCLC:
- 749853403
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