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Shifting sands : essays on sports and politics in the Middle East and North Africa

Dorsey, James M., author

Overview

The Middle East and North Africa are experiencing the most fundamental transition in their post-colonial history. It is a transition that is changing the borders of nation states as well as their political and social structures. Conflicting visions of what those structures should look like have ensured that transition will take years, and these deep-seated differences have ensured that the transition process is volatile, brutal and bloody. The balance of power shifts like quicksand. Shifting Sands: Essays on Sports and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa is a compilation of essays that constitute a first stab at exploring the importance of sports in general and soccer in particular in the political, social and cultural development of the Middle East and North Africa since the beginning of the 20th century. In doing so, the book provides a new, fresh and unique perspective that contributes to understanding the turbulence sweeping the region that is fundamentally changing its geopolitics and political and social structures.

• Publisher: World Scientific
• Subject: Sports and state Middle East. / Sports and state Africa, North. / Sports Political aspects Middle East. / Sports Political aspects Africa, North. / Soccer Political aspects Middle East. / Soccer Political aspects Africa, North.
• ISBN: 9789814689762

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GV706.35.D67 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE