Entrepreneurial goals : development and Africapitalism in Ghanaian soccer academies / Itamar Dubinsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubinsky, Itamar, author.

Series:

Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture

Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer for children--Training.

Soccer for children.

Soccer--Social aspects.

Soccer.

Soccer--Economic aspects.

Ghana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2022]

Summary:

The idea that the African private sector will generate economic prosperity and social wealth-an objective many governments and foreign charitable organizations have failed to achieve-continues to attract attention in business and policy circles. Yet little research has actually been conducted on Africapitalist endeavors. With the immense popularity of sports and the many aspirations they foster, the successes and shortcomings of soccer academies have kicked their way into the spotlight. Entrepreneurial Go als breaks away from studies that focus on the international relations consequences of soccer ventures, which are often rebuked as extended forms of European colonialism and exploitation of local talent, and instead centers Ghanaian establishments and the opportunities they create for local development within their surrounding communities.Itamar Dubinsky's extensive ethnographic research offers an innovative theoretical approach by assessing three institutions-Mandela Soccer Academy, Kumasi Sports Academy, and Unistar Soccer Academy-through an Africapitalist prism. He demonstrates that these business endeavors, when viewed from the perspective of local interests, realize many of the educational, financial, and community building ambitions of the region. This pioneering examination of locally owned academies in Ghana reflects Dubinsky's aim of illuminating the entrepreneurs and programs whose success passes to participating youth and their families, while also exposing the contradictions of for-profit development initiatives that purport to reap collective social benefits.

Contents:

Why Africapitalism?

The emergence of soccer academies in Ghana

Becoming Africapitalists: Mandela Soccer Academy

Selling soccer dreams: Kumasi Sports Academy

Achieving sustainability: Unistar Soccer Academy.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780299335632

0299335631

OCLC:

1310071200