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.
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'It is rare for a European to take the time and do the hard work that is inevitably required to be able to understand African football in its true perspective. However, Paul Darby's book ... is one of the rare few that can be said to do the subject justice.' - Four Four Two
'Darby deserves praise for moving beyond simplistic arguments about cultural imperialism as he brings out the contradictory historical legacy of Africa's integration into world soccer.' - Soccer and Society
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The successes of African nations in the international football arena in the last 15 years of the twentieth century and their emergence in the game's institutional infrastructure have led to an assumption that the diffusion and popularity of football on the African continent are relatively recent phenomena. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
world football politics, emergent footballing nations, hosting rights, global sports arena, football administrators, football affairs, sporting apartheid, athletic talent migration, national football associations, football development, colonial doctrine, football confederation, soccer nations, football nations, continental confederations, world soccer, football family, football federation, football community, supporting board, international football, world game, playing arenas, world governing body Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Cup, South Africa, South America, Issa Hayatou, Sir Stanley Rous, Lennart Johansson, Sepp Blatter, African Cup of Nations, Extraordinary Congress, Joáo Havelange, United Nations, Jules Rimet, Latin American, West Germany, Ydnekatchew Tessema, General Assembly, Artemio Franchi, Second World War, Joao Havelange, Joäo Havelange, Mustapha Fahmy, Patrick Nally, Soviet Union, Technical Department, Ben Barek New!
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The successes of African nations in the international football arena in the last 15 years of the twentieth century and their emergence in the game's institutional infrastructure have led to an assumption that the diffusion and popularity of football on the African continent are relatively recent phenomena. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
world football politics, emergent footballing nations, hosting rights, global sports arena, football administrators, football affairs, sporting apartheid, athletic talent migration, national football associations, football development, colonial doctrine, football confederation, soccer nations, football nations, continental confederations, world soccer, football family, football federation, football community, supporting board, international football, world game, playing arenas, world governing body Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Cup, South Africa, South America, Issa Hayatou, Sir Stanley Rous, Lennart Johansson, Sepp Blatter, African Cup of Nations, Extraordinary Congress, Joáo Havelange, United Nations, Jules Rimet, Latin American, West Germany, Ydnekatchew Tessema, General Assembly, Artemio Franchi, Second World War, Joao Havelange, Joäo Havelange, Mustapha Fahmy, Patrick Nally, Soviet Union, Technical Department, Ben Barek New!
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- The Politics of Sport by Lincoln Allison on 7 pages
- Sport in Africa: Essays in Social History by William J. Baker on 6 pages
- Football: A History of the World Game by W. J. Murray on 6 pages
- Giving the Game Away: Football, Politics and Culture on Five Continents (Sport, Politics and Culture) by Stephen Wagg on 5 pages
- Football in Africa by A. Versi on 5 pages
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