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The race to transform: Sport in post-apartheid South Africa

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About the Book

Takes stock of sport in South Africa, providing an exploration of how sport reflects matters such as enduring inequality, racial transformation and the making (or otherwise) of a common South African destiny. This book provides a view on the relationship between elite and grassroots sport in the context of growing economic disparities and the emergence of an influential black middle and super-rich class. The contributors outline an agenda for both theory and practice in the ongoing debate about sport and transformation in South Africa.

Table of Contents:
Long run to freedom? Sports in post-apartheid South Africa; creepy crawlies, portapools and the dam(n)s of swimming transformation; inside 'the house of pain' - a case study of the Jaguars Rugby Club; 'Transformation' from above - the upside down state of contemporary South African soccer; women's bodies & the world of football in South Africa; jumping over the hurdles - political analysis of transformation measures in South African athletics; beyond the nation? colour and class in South African cricket; between black and white: A case study of the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union (KZNCU).

About the Author :
Ashwin Desai holds a Masters degree from Rhodes University and a doctorate from Michigan State University. He is currently based at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He was previously a Visiting Research Fellow in the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. One of South Africa's foremost social commentators, Ashwin's work is internationally celebrated for its courage and clarity of vision and for its focus on the lived experience of oppression and resistance. Goolam Vahed: is Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Review :
"There is often not enough serious thought given to the long term implications and impacts of decisions in the sports arena, and the change discourse is often superficial. The Race to Transform provides a useful tool for thinking sports people to step back and try to understand the macro environment in which sport operates. " - Andre Odendaal, Honorary Professor at the University of the Western Cape and CEO of the Western Province Cricket Association "I warmly welcome this work on the current state of sport in South Africa. The role of sport in generating development and uniting the country merits rigorous analysis, and this book is especially valuable, for it lays bare the gap between the government's stated aims and reality. The Race to Transform is as courageous as it is honest: a brilliant off-field performance to help us really understand what is happening." - Dennis Brutus, anti-apartheid sports activist


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780796923196
  • Publisher: HSRC Press
  • Publisher Imprint: HSRC Press
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Sub Title: Sport in post-apartheid South Africa
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0796923191
  • Publisher Date: 15 Apr 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 305000 gr


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