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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452456803321

Autore

Darby Paul <1971, >

Titolo

Africa, football, and FIFA : politics, colonialism and resistance / / Paul Darby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : F. Cass, , 2002

ISBN

0-7146-8029-X

1-315-03952-4

1-135-29834-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Sport in the global society, , 1368-9789 ; ; no. 23

Sport in the global society, , 1368-9789

Disciplina

796.334/096

Soggetti

Soccer - Africa - History

Soccer - Political aspects - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Football Diffusion and Colonial Doctrine in Africa; 2. Football, Indigenous Resistance and African Independence; 3. FIFA, Eurocentrism and the Distribution of Power in World Football; 4. Africa, Third World Solidarity and the FIFA Presidency; 5. Havelange, African Resistance and the Struggle for Global Equity; 6. UEFA, FIFA and the Scramble for Africa; 7. Africa and the Campaign for the Summit of World Football

8. Theorising Africa's Place in FIFA's Global OrderConclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the role of FIFA in brokering the development of football in Africa and its relationship with that continent's football associations and regional governing body. Africa is no longer on the periphery of world football but the economic disparities between the first and the third worlds hinder the development of the game. The author shows convincingly how Africa's advance within world football is tied to its national political economy and how the balance of power



within FIFA still clearly favours its European members.