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Africa's place in the international football system - Why South Africa received the 2010 FIFA World Cup (Paperback)
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Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Politics -
International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 70, Stellenbosch
Universitiy, 180 entries in the bibliography, language: English,
abstract: For millions of people around the globe, football is an
important part of everyday life. Similarly, many African
governments have found in international football competitions one
of the few opportunities to be internationally represented.
Furthermore, through successful participation of their respective
national football sides, they internally seek to foster nationhood.
In fact, football is an integral part of African self-esteem with
regards to being recognised by the rest of the world. However, to
succeed in international sports means to succeed in a
politico-economic structure far from equality and general
solidarity. This thesis goes about the question why South Africa
received the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Thereby it will distinguish the
position of the African continent within the international football
system. A historical analysis will clarify the processes and actors
as well as the driving motivations which led to the FIFA World Cup
host decision in favour of the African continent. The outcome of
this study suggests that social interaction is driven by the
interplay of two variables: normative principles and economic
practices. The historical development of modern social behaviour
from the 16th century until today's global capitalism surely
reflects the interplay of these two traits. At the hand of the
historical development of the international football system this
thesis is going to outline this interplay - as a European form of
behaviour that came to encapsulate all social relations on the
globe particularly by the spread of the cultural practice of
football. This study reaches the overall conclusion that the
decision to let an African nation host the FIFA World Cup meant
that economic practice and normative principles were brought into
perceived congruence.
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