South Africa's World Cup - A Legacy for Whom? (Paperback)

This groundbreaking book provides a critically informed and holistic 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. In doing so, it challenges mainstream thinking and mega-event praise singers by providing rigorous political-economic analysis and 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. Contributors to this volume examine the sports accumulation-complex, economic promises, construction companies, trade unions, strikes, international solidarity, the struggle to trade, sex work, climate change, as well as case studies on the building of individual soccer stadiums.

General

Imprint:	University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	September 2011
Editors:	Eddie Cottle
Dimensions:	238 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	349
ISBN-13:	978-1-86914-216-2
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football) > General Promotions
LSN:	1-86914-216-0
Barcode:	9781869142162

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