Development and dreams : the urban legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup / edited by Udesh Pillay, Richard Tomlinson and Orli Bass.

"Development and Dreams: The Urban Legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup considers the effects of South Africa's hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It is held that here lies the greatest potential benefit of the 2010 World Cup - a repudiation of Afro pessimism and an assertion of a contempor...

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Other Authors: Pillay, Udesh (Editor), Tomlinson, Richard, 1952- (Editor), Bass, Orli (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • A note on names and locations
  • Map of 2010 World Cup host cities and stadiums
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • The build-up
  • 1. Introduction / Richard Tomlinson, Orli Bass, Udesh Pillay
  • 2. The road to Africa: South Africa's hosting of the 'African World Cup / Justin van der Merwe
  • 3. Managing the alchemy of the 2010 Football World Cup / Glynn Davies
  • Development
  • 4. South Africa 2010: Initial dreams and sobering economic perspectives / Stan du Plessis, Wolfgang Maennig
  • 5. Mega-events as a response to poverty reduction: The 2010 World Cup and urban development / Udesh Pillay, Orli Bass
  • 6. Anticipating 2011 / Richard Tomlinson
  • 7. Venue selection and the 2010 World Cup: A case study of Cape Town / Kamilla Swart, Urmilla Bob
  • 8. Sport, mega-events and urban tourism: Exploring the patterns, constraints and prospects of the 2010 World Cup / Scarlett Cornelissen
  • 9. The 2010 World Cup and the rural hinterland: Maximising advantage from mega-events / Doreen Atkinson
  • 10. Public viewing areas: Urban interventions in the context of mega-events / Christoph Haferburg, Theresa Golka, Marie Selter
  • 11. In the shadow of 2010: Democracy and displacement in the Greater Ellis Park Development project / Claire Benit-Gbaffou
  • Dreams
  • 12. Urban dreams: The 2010 Football World Cup and expectations of benefit in Johannesburg / Andre P. Czegledy
  • Czegledy, Andre P
  • 13. Aiming for Africa: Durban, 2010 and notions of African urban identity / Orli Bass
  • 14. The offside rule: Women's bodies in masculinised spaces / Margot Rubin
  • 15. A World Cup and the construction of African reality / Andre P. Czegledy
  • Afterword / Udesh Pillay
  • Contributors.
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