The 2003 cricket world cup and its implications for identity formation and democracy in Zimbabwe
SOURCE: Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Van der Merwe, J.Van der Westhuizen
KEYWORDS: CRICKET WORLD CUP, DEMOCRACY, IDENTITY, ZIMBABWE
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4824
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5849
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5849
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Van der Merwe, J.Van der Westhuizen
KEYWORDS: CRICKET WORLD CUP, DEMOCRACY, IDENTITY, ZIMBABWE
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4824
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5849
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5849
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Abstract
Sports mega-events have the potential to provide a focal point for strengthening national unity and reinforcing national identity. They are also said to be able to provide a catalyst for democratisation and an incentive for human rights observance if hosted by authoritarian or democratically weak regimes. However, the outcomes for host nations are not always pre-determinable. An analysis of South Africa and Zimbabwe's co-hosting of the 2003 Cricket World Cup illustrates this point. A racially charged discourse informed much of the exchanges about Zimbabwe's co-host status, both transnationally within the racial and ethnic contours of the cricket-playing Commonwealth and domestically within the host nations. Instead of the event having a generally liberalising effect on Zimbabwean politics it ultimately aided in further entrenching the regime.-
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