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Book | Leiden University catalogue |
Title: | Player and referee: conflicting interests and the 2010 FIFA World Cup |
Editor: | Schulz-Herzenberg, Collette |
Year: | 2010 |
Issue: | 169 |
Pages: | 236 |
Language: | English |
Series: | ISS monograph series |
City of publisher: | Tshwane |
Publisher: | Institute for Security Studies |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | football 2010 tendering infrastructure construction industry corruption |
External link: | http://www.issafrica.org/uploads/Mono169.pdf |
Abstract: | South Africa is host to the 2010 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup. Such mega-events generally require huge infrastructural development projects, which generate lucrative construction and other related tendering contracts, often financed by the host nation and its government. Different actors may find themselves in the position of being simultaneously 'player' and 'referee' over key decisions about, for example, tenders or stadia location. Large construction projects are particularly vulnerable to conflicts of interest situations and corruption in view of the sheer financial magnitude and scope of public-funded infrastructure projects, the time parameters to which host countries and their partners are subject, and the nature of the construction industry, which is notoriously corrupt. Six case studies explore a range of conflict of interest situations in the context of the 2010 World Cup, and the ethical conundrums that confront policymakers and host nations. Contents: Introduction (Collette Schulz Herzenberg) - Soccer City: what it says about the murky world of government tenders (Rob Rose) - Tendering irregularities in the Eastern Cape (Eddie Botha and Gcina Ntsaluba) - How FIFA corruption empowers global capital (Andrew Jennings) - FIFA's 'official' suppliers: shadowy tenders and conflicts of interest at Match (Rob Rose) - Public loss, FIFA's gain: how Cape Town got its 'white elephant' (Karen Schoonbee and Stefaans Brümmer) - Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium: arch of hope or yoke of debt? (Sam Sole) - Conclusions and recommendations (Collette Schulz Herzenberg). [ASC Leiden abstract] |