South Africa under FIFA's reign: The World Cup's contribution to urban development

Haferburg, Christoph

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2011.595992

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“…This finding is contrary to decision‐making approaches for a viable legacy suggested by Masterman (), Matheson (), and Preuss (), which involve early planning for after‐use and consideration for the cities (and nation's) long‐term development plan. However, the finding does offer support for Haferburg's (, p. 33) observation that urban development and governance in host cities “are severely affected” by mega‐events and Cunha's () research on the “Olympic State” taking over the preconceived regulatory state.…”

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The Rocky Road to Legacy: Lessons from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Stadium Program

Molloy

Chetty²

2015

Project Management Journal

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This article describes how the management and organization of the South African 2010 FIFA World Cup stadium program shaped the current legacy of an oversupply of overdesigned and underutilized stadiums. The article identifies seven key factors that explain the differences between expected benefits and the actual legacy. Identification of these factors contributes to the increasing academic interest in explaining the poor legacy outcomes of mega‐events. In conclusion, we recommend that future host country governments defragment their stadium programs by establishing a World Cup Delivery Authority (WCDA), with responsibility for the leadership and coordination of the stadium program.

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The Rocky Road to Legacy: Lessons from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Stadium Program

Molloy

Chetty²

2015

Project Management Journal

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“…But, while the national government claims success with respect to the event's purported economic impacts (South Africa Government 2010c), these are really in terms of short and medium term infrastructural constructions; their longer term benefits for urban and social development still have to be demonstrated (Haferburgh 2011), along with possible positive structural shifts in the country's tourism economy (Du Plessis and Maennig 2011). South Africa might gain from a more positive image in the international arena.…”

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‘Our struggles are bigger than the World Cup’: civic activism, state‐society relations and the socio‐political legacies of the 2010 FIFA World Cup¹

Cornelissen

2012

British Journal of Sociology

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South Africa's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw a large number of public demonstrations, strikes and other forms of civic campaigning. World Cup activism was both preceded and followed by extensive and intensifying public unrest and industrial action that in the period before the tournament, threatened to derail the event. This paper assesses the motivations, forms and implications of the activism during South Africa's staging of the FIFA finals and interprets them against the larger context of shifting state-society relations in the country. There are two purposes to the analysis. First, to explore the underlying internal social forces that gave shape to the protests at the time, and the possible influence of the exogenous politics of mega-event social mobilization. Second, the implications and outcomes of these dynamics for longer term socio-political processes in the country are considered. The activism displayed many of the features of the politics of contestation of sport mega-events today. Importantly, however, the activism stemmed from a particular systemic dynamic and reflected changing relations in the post-apartheid political community. Therefore, while the World Cup was used as a strategic opportunity by many advocacy groups, it was one that rather fleetingly and ambivalently presented an additional platform to such groups in an otherwise on-going set of political battles. Rather than a strong case study of sport's transformative capacity, the civic campaigning during South Africa's World Cup demonstrates the way a sport mega-event can be used as a strategic entry point by civil society groups in their engagement with the state, although this can occur with greater or lesser success.

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“…Die Übertragbarkeit der Festivalisierungsthese wurde bislang vor allem am Bei spiel Südafrika diskutiert (Pillay et al 2009, Haferburg/Steinbrink 2010a, wobei zwei grundsätzliche Annahmen formuliert wurden: Zum einen fallen im Globalen Süden aufgrund des niedrigeren Bruttoinlandsprodukts (pro Kopf) volkswirtschaftliche und regionalökonomische Effekte stärker ins Gewicht als in den alten Industrienationen (Cottle 2011). Zum anderen sind die eventinduzierten Eingriffe in die bauliche Entwicklung und die planungspolitischen Abläufe der Ausrichterstädte tiefgreifender, da die vorhandene Infrastruktur weder den Verbandsvorgaben noch den world class-Ambitionen der jeweiligen Städte entsprechen (Haferburg 2011). In Bezug auf zentrale Unterschiede zu den Gastgeberstädten im Globalen Norden und hinsichtlich besonderer Herausforderungen, die sich im Eventkontext im Globalen Süden ergeben, können daher folgende weiterführende Thesen formuliert werden:…”

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Megaevents und favelas. Strategische Interventionen und sozialräumliche Effekte in Rio de Janeiro

Steinbrink¹,

Ehebrecht²,

Haferburg³

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Häußermann und Siebel konzeptionalisierten 1993 mit der Festivalisierungsthese die stadtpolitische Instrumentalisierung von Großereignissen. Seither haben sich die Events und die theoretische Auseinandersetzung verändert. Hinsichtlich der Megaevents lassen sich derzeit zwei Trends beobachten: 1. der enorme ökonomische wie politische Bedeutungsgewinn der Events und 2. die Events finden immer häufiger im ‚Globalen Süden‘ statt. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die urbanen Bedingungen und Effekte von Megaevents am Beispiel Rio de Janeiros. Der Fokus liegt auf den in zumeist informell organisierten Wohngebieten einkommensschwacher Gruppen, auf den favelas, die sich als besonders sensibles Wirkungsfeld der Festivalisierung erweisen. Im Zuge der Auseinandersetzung mit den urbanen Effekten entwickeln wir eine analytische Perspektive, die sich auf andere Gastgeberstädte im Globalen Süden übertragen lässt. Thematisiert werden exkludierende Strategien und marktimperiale Effekte der Eventvorbereitung. Im Fazit werden diese als anti-social legacy zusammengefasst.

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South Africa under FIFA's reign: The World Cup's contribution to urban development

Cited by 27 publications

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The Rocky Road to Legacy: Lessons from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Stadium Program

The Rocky Road to Legacy: Lessons from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Stadium Program

‘Our struggles are bigger than the World Cup’: civic activism, state‐society relations and the socio‐political legacies of the 2010 FIFA World Cup¹

Megaevents und favelas. Strategische Interventionen und sozialräumliche Effekte in Rio de Janeiro

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The Rocky Road to Legacy: Lessons from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Stadium Program

The Rocky Road to Legacy: Lessons from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Stadium Program

‘Our struggles are bigger than the World Cup’: civic activism, state‐society relations and the socio‐political legacies of the 2010 FIFA World Cup1

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