The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: Global and Local Perspectives

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Nikolay Kozhanov (Qatar University, Qatar) Mahfoud Amara (Qatar University, Qatar)

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Global and Local Perspectives

Nikolay Kozhanov (Qatar University, Qatar), Mahfoud Amara (Qatar University, Qatar), Mahjoob Zweiri (Qatar University, Qatar)

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Routledge
08 October 2024

Service industries; Sports training & coaching; Football (Soccer, Association football); World Cup

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

This book offers in-depth analysis of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, this was a unique sporting mega-event, and the book explores its wider significance across political, socio-cultural, economic, organisational and historical dimensions.

Featuring the work of an international team of researchers, the book includes local and regional perspectives on the Qatar World Cup, as well as views from beyond the Middle East. It covers the development phase, including the bidding process, as well as the tournament itself, exploring key contemporary issues in sport and event studies such as sports diplomacy and the geopolitics of sport, post-colonial narratives, event legacies and community development, media framing, inclusive access, sport policy and governance, and mega-events and human rights.

Making sense of the world’s biggest sports event in an era in which sport has become a source of soft power for states around the world, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the politics of sport, sport business and management, sport for development, event studies, or the relationships between sport and wider society.

Edited by: Nikolay Kozhanov (Qatar University Qatar), Mahfoud Amara (Qatar University, Qatar), Mahjoob Zweiri (Qatar University, Qatar)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032591537
ISBN 10: 1032591536
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Nikolay Kozhanov is Research Associate Professor at the Gulf Studies Center of Qatar University, Qatar. His research interests are focused on the geopolitics of the Gulf hydrocarbons, Russian foreign policy in the Middle East as well as Iran’s economy and international relations. Mahfoud Amara is Associate Professor in Sport, Social sciences and Management in the Physical Education and Sport Science Department, College of Education at Qatar University, Qatar. Dr Amara’s work focuses on sport, business, culture, politics and society in the MENA region, and sport, cultural diversity and Muslim communities in the West. Mahjoob Zweiri is Director of the Gulf Studies Center and Professor in Contemporary Politics and History of the Middle East at Qatar University, Qatar. Prof Zweiri has more than 80 publications in the areas of Iran and Contemporary Middle East History and Politics. He tweets @mzweiri.