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The politics of South African cricket

By Jon Gemmell

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
ISBN
0714682845, 9780714682846
ISSN
1368-9789
LCC
GV928.S6 G46 2004
Open Library ID
OL22586570M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
322 kB (330070 bytes)
Series
Sport in the Global Society
Pages
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Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Cricket embraces an ethos that is symbolic of a wider held belief system and as such has distinctive political connotations in the region.Sport in South Africa is certainly influenced by forces beyond the playing field, but politics too can be influenced by the social and economic force of sport.Focusing on the sports boycott as a political strategy, Jon Gemmell analyses the relationship between sport and politics through a historical analysis of South African cricket. He employs case studies to explore the relationship between politics and South African cricket and argues convincingly that cricket assisted the reform process by undermining the legitimacy of the apartheid regime.

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