'Feel the Pull in your Soul': Local Agency and Global Trends in South Africa's 2006 World Cup Bid

Alegi, Peter

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“…In this context, sport mega-events can become projects, which through the use of aspirant or consoling narratives by national and urban strategists intend to substitute or reinforce wider political processes. A burgeoning body of literature (Brownell, 1995;Hiller, 1998;Alegi, 2001;Black and Van der Westhuizen, 2004) suggests that under a particular set of circumstances, such events can be used as political instruments by governments or other political actors toward the attainment of domestic or foreign policy goals. These could include the fostering of national cohesion, the attempt to legitimise unpopular domestic policies, or to use events as a gesture within the international community.…”

Section: The Political and Commercial Dimensions Of Global Sport And mentioning

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“…An initially muted project started by some of South Africa's football elites graduated into a comprehensive campaign by which internal processes of lobbying and constituency-building, and external programmes of garnering support within the international community for South Africa's bid, were overlaid with a provocative discourse of pan-Africanism (Alegi, 2001;Cornelissen, 2008). Carrying heavy inflections of race, and laden with the enduring effects of apartheid's separate sports development, South Africa's football bid was intended both to buoy an uncertain nation-building project, and to help support some of the diplomatic advances the country was making toward other African neighbours.…”

Section: Emerging Contours Of the 2010 World Cupmentioning

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Crafting Legacies: The Changing Political Economy of Global Sport and the 2010 FIFA World Cup™

Cornelissen

2007

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This special issue focuses on the political contours of the 2010 FIFA World Cup TM and explores some of the possible legacies that are likely to be left in the wake of the tournament. As crucial processes of planning and policymaking gain momentum, a number of prominent features start to appear and provide some indication of likely longer-term outflows from the event. These include the manner in which infrastructural preparations toward the event are based around the development of key mega-projects which, while aimed at providing an underpinning to the hosting of the event, are also leaving significant imprints on urban spatial planning and budgeting; the extent to which central economic sectors are targeted in the assignment of resources, but also how specific economic actors (construction firms, etc.) are absorbing much of the invested public capital; and finally, the ways in which broader statebuilding processes tend to be tied to the perceived agenda and requirements of the upcoming event. The special issue therefore addresses some of the major political questions that arise from the emergent patterns of capital expenditure, sectoral developments, and social-cultural processes prompted by the event.

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Crafting Legacies: The Changing Political Economy of Global Sport and the 2010 FIFA World Cup™

Cornelissen

2007

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“…This occurred on 3 July 1992 and South Africa played its first international match four days later in Durban. Later that year FIFA president João Havelange suggested South Africa could host a future World Cup (Alegi, 2001). (Sindane, 2008).…”

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Rationales, rhetoric and realities: FIFA’s World Cup in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014

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International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was heralded by mainstream media outlets, the local organisers, the South African government and FIFA as an unequivocal success. The month long spectacle saw South Africa take centre stage and host the world's largest single sporting event. This occurred against a backdrop of rationales and promises made that the event would leave lasting legacies for all in particular marginalised South Africans. The reality is quite different. In this article we consider the South African World Cup in the build-up to Brazil 2014. We argue that the rationales and rhetoric are similar in both countries and suggest the reality for Brazil 2014 will be the same as South Africa 2010 in that the mega-event will be primarily funded by significant public investment while the primary beneficiaries will be private capital and FIFA.

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“…Quatro dias depois, a África do Sul participou de seu primeiro jogo internacional na cidade de Durban. Mais tarde, naquele mesmo ano, o então presidente da FIFA João Havelange sugeriu que a África do Sul poderia sediar uma futura Copa do Mundo (ALEGI, 2001 candidaturas do Marrocos e África do Sul, ambos os países se projetaram como sendo "o portão para a África" e "o verdadeiro representante africano" (CORNELISSEN, 2004), em que eles seriam capazes de mostrar o continente africano para os mercados europeu e norte-americano (ALEGI, 2001, CORNELISSEN, 2004SWART, 2006.…”

Section: A Experiência Da áFrica Do Sul 2010unclassified

A Copa Do Mundo Fifa Na África Do Sul/2010 – Como Foi a Experiência E O Que Podemos Aprender Com Ela?

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Neste ensaio pretendemos problematizar algumas lógicas sociais não explícitas que se articulam ao domínio de realização da Copa do Mundo FIFA. Para tanto, privilegiamos como recorte analítico a edição de 2010 deste evento, de modo a desvelarmos algumas das retóricas e ações estratégicas que permearam o contexto de sua realização na África do Sul. Com base em dados obtidos na literatura acadêmica e mídia, buscamos apresentar que as motivações para o evento se baseavam em discursos desenvolvimentistas por parte tanto da FIFA quanto das elites locais sul-africanas visando o convencimento e apoio por parte de diferentes grupos sociais. Entretanto, as consequências não foram necessariamente aquelas prometidas, sendo essas instituições as reais beneficiadas em seus interesses econômicos e políticos. Nesse ponto, argumentamos que a sociedade brasileira pode e deve aprender com essa experiência para avaliar de forma crítica os motivos menos aparentes de sediar eventos desse porte.

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'Feel the Pull in your Soul': Local Agency and Global Trends in South Africa's 2006 World Cup Bid

Cited by 25 publications

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Crafting Legacies: The Changing Political Economy of Global Sport and the 2010 FIFA World Cup™

Crafting Legacies: The Changing Political Economy of Global Sport and the 2010 FIFA World Cup™

Rationales, rhetoric and realities: FIFA’s World Cup in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014

A Copa Do Mundo Fifa Na África Do Sul/2010 – Como Foi a Experiência E O Que Podemos Aprender Com Ela?

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