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The Ambiguity behind Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Author : Caroline Mutuku

Publisher : GRIN Verlag

Page : 12 pages

File Size : 43,80 MB

Release : 2018-07-12

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 3668748411

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Polemic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Sport - Sport Economics, Sport Management, grade: 1, , language: English, abstract: Football on the field has always been associated with ethereal beauty. As such, FIFA World Cup provides an opportunity to billions of spectators to reap the benefits of fun-making, a phenomenon that seems to be associated with social satisfaction. On the other hand, this international sporting event creates an opportunity for entrepreneurs, as well as the host countries to reap the related economic benefits. This implies that FIFA World Cup plays significant social and economic roles. Despite the benefits related to this international sporting event, it appears that Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, might loss its fortune owing to the ambiguity surrounding the event, including the bidding process and suitability of the country. This is why it is suggested that FIFA should “change its World Cup vote procedures to ensure fairness and transparency” (Becker, 2013, p. 133). It is argued that the choosing Qatar as the host of 2022 FIFA World Cup was a surprise. This is evidenced by remarks that “the bestowment of the hosting privilege was a shock to many people worldwide; most news analysts thought the country didn’t stand a chance” (Beydoun & Baum, 2012 p. 12). Therefore, this argumentative essay will justify the existence of ambiguity behind Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.



World Cup 2022 And Qatar As The Host

Author : Chris C Wiley

Publisher : Independently Published

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 15,76 MB

Release : 2022-07-12

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There was great debate over Qatar getting the right to host the 2022 World Cup - they were rank outsiders when the bidding process took place. There are a lot of misinformed responses to this topic, and many of them focus on bribes. Now I have no clue if there was bribery - there may well have been, FIFA as an institution is seldom corruption-free - but there are also legitimate reasons why Qatar was granted the event. As Qatar is not a traditional footballing nation, nearly $100 billion has been spent on infrastructure and stadiums. Qatar has had to construct eight stadiums from scratch, of which seven have so far been opened. The first-time spectators may attend two separate stadiums to witness two matches in one day. The first stadiums to feature air conditioning technology in the bleachers and on the grounds. The first World Cup in the Middle East. In the first World Cup, a Nigerian will sing the theme song and participate in the opening ceremony, semi-automatic offside system will be coming into force for the World Cup. New rules and many more about FIFA World Cup 2022 and Qatar are in the book for you to know. To get a copy, click the Buy button.



Building a Better World Cup

Author : Priyanka Motaparthy

Publisher :

Page : 146 pages

File Size : 36,5 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Construction workers

ISBN : 9781564329004

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"In December 2010, the small Gulf state of Qatar won its bid to host the 2022 World Cup--a first for an Arab country. Over the next decade the country will undertake massive new construction to support the quadrennial world championship soccer games. Underpinning this push is a vast army of migrant workers, who comprise a staggering 94 percent of Qatar's workforce--1.2 million of its 1.7 million residents--the highest percentage of migrants to citizens in the world. Qatar's World Cup selection means that worker recruitment will reach new heights: media have reported that over a million additional workers may be needed to carry out World Cup-related construction. Yet the deeply problematic working conditions of migrant workers throughout the country mean that realizing Qatar's World Cup vision may depend on their abuse and exploitation unless adequate measures are taken to address the human rights problems widespread in the construction industry in Qatar. This report documents pervasive employer exploitation and abuse of workers in Qatar's construction industry, made possible by an inadequate legal and regulatory framework that grants employers extensive control over workers and prohibits migrant workers from exercising their rights to free association and collective bargaining. It also addresses the government's failure to enforce those laws that at least on paper are designed to protect worker rights. It examines why violations of workers' rights go largely undetected, and looks at the barriers that workers face in reporting complaints or seeking redress. The report includes recommendations to the government on legal reforms and implementation mechanisms, and to the relevant private sector actors on public commitments that could alleviate such abuses moving forward."--P. [4] of cover.



Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Author : Paul Michael Brannagan

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 195 pages

File Size : 19,27 MB

Release : 2022-03-28

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 3030968227

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This book offers the first, full academic analysis of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. Adopting an international relations perspective, the authors critically interrogate the politics and controversy that has surrounded arguably the most controversial sports event ever. In doing so, this text offers up an imperative examination of Qatar’s desired objectives through their investment in global sport and sports events, as well as provides readers with an academic explanation on why major event hosts – such as Qatar – receive so much international scrutiny in the pre-event stage of the event hosting process. On the back of this international scrutiny, this text also provides the first full analysis on how such negative scrutiny has forced Qatar to implement various social-political changes at home.



The Ugly Game

Author : Heidi Blake

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 578 pages

File Size : 46,68 MB

Release : 2015-04-23

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1471149366

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THE STORY THAT BROUGHT DOWN FIFA'S SEPP BLATTER. 'With every page of this book, we see just why FIFA desperately needs a complete overhaul' - Sun When FIFA awarded the tiny desert state of Qatar the rights to host the 2022 World Cup, the news was greeted with disbelief and allegations of corruption. How had a country with almost no football infrastructure or tradition, a high terror risk and searing summer temperatures of 50C beaten more established countries with stronger bids? The story behind the Qatari success soon developed into one of the greatest sporting scandals of our time. And when the Sunday Times Insight team received a cache of hundreds of millions of documents from a whistleblower, the contents of the FIFA Files became a global sensation, unearthing the corruption that lay at the heart of the bidding process. Now in this remarkable new book by the Sunday Times journalists at the centre of the investigation, Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert, comes the most comprehensive account yet of what happened and who was involved. Above all, it explains why, despite all the evidence, FIFA continues to support Qatar - even to the extent of publishing an edited and abbreviated report into the process that was immediately denounced by its original author. Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, The Ugly Game is undoubtedly the biggest sporting story of our times. 'Never before has bribe-giving been documented in such graphic detail' - Independent



The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Author : Nikolay Kozhanov

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 269 pages

File Size : 26,82 MB

Release : 2024-10-08

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1040147720

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This book offers an 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 this book explores its wider significance across political, socio‐cultural, economic, organisational and historical dimensions. Featuring the work of an international team of researchers, this 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.



Leveraging Legacies from Sports Mega-Events

Author : J. Grix

Publisher : Springer

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 43,43 MB

Release : 2014-04-17

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1137371188

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This volume offers a panoramic and interdisciplinary view of the growing field of Sports Mega-Event studies. Contributions explore leveraging strategies and the legacies from previous sports megas (London, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver) and recent and future 'emerging' states and their hosting strategies (India, China, Qatar, Russia, Brazil).



Internationalization Issues with Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Author : Daniel Alvarez

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,20 MB

Release : 2022

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On December 2nd, 2010, the committee of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) announced the host countries for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is an international football tournament that occurs every four years and is considered the largest single-activity sporting event in the world, drawing fans from every continent. To host a world cup a country must submit a bid and successfully win the evaluation process against other respective countries that have also rivaled a bid. For the 2018 World Cup, Russia was deemed the most suitable to host out of 11 total bids. For the 2022 World Cup, Qatar became the first middle eastern nation to win the bidding process and become eligible to host the competition. Qatar's bidding process has been regarded as the most controversial world cup out of any in the tournament's existence. This is due to the nations cultural values that have conflicted with the mission of FIFA. The football governing body has a mission to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. Qatar is an Islamic nation that upholds conservative customs. Homosexuality is condemned, alcohol is prohibited, and has one of the biggest gender gaps in the entire world. FIFA's guiding principles focuses on four areas of importance that would help future of the organization and football: governance, transparency, accountability and diversity. Yet, the Arabian Peninsula of Qatar will host the World Cup in 2022 because it was voted by the congress of FIFA to be the most suitable nation in 2010. During the preparation process, Qatar has received criticism due to its labor exploitation in the construction zones of the stadiums, its responses to the safety of the LGBTQ community, and allegations of bribery to FIFA officials. This thesis analyzes the cultural differences that make Qatar hosting the World Cup more challenging and how it has impacted the future of football.



Sport and Development in Emerging Nations

Author : Cem Tinaz

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 232 pages

File Size : 22,92 MB

Release : 2021-04-06

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1000374319

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For the first time, this book examines the strategies of leaders of emerging nations to use sport as a tool for reaching social, economic, cultural, political, technological or environmental goals and gaining international prestige. It assesses whether sport can really be an effective tool in international development. The book explores the unique challenges, issues and opportunities offered by sport for development in emerging nations. Bringing together case studies of sport and development in countries including Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey, the book looks at policies designed to achieve development through, by and for sport, and whether they have achieved their socio-economic objectives. It considers the way that emerging nations have used major international sports events as political and developmental projects, as well as the importance of sporting infrastructure, professional leagues, participation programmes and the influence of nationalism and ideology. With a truly global perspective, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or policy-maker with interest in sport management, sport development, development studies, international economics, globalisation or political science.



Qatar

Author : Mehran Kamrava

Publisher : Cornell University Press

Page : 201 pages

File Size : 49,63 MB

Release : 2013-07-23

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0801469333

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The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of the emirate, a "tiny giant": although severely lacking in most measures of state power, it is highly influential in diplomatic, cultural, and economic spheres. Kamrava presents Qatar as an experimental country, building a new society while exerting what he calls "subtle power." It is both the headquarters of the global media network Al Jazeera and the site of the U.S. Central Command’s Forward Headquarters and the Combined Air Operations Center. Qatar has been a major player during the European financial crisis, it has become a showplace for renowned architects, several U.S. universities have established campuses there, and it will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Qatar’s effective use of its subtle power, Kamrava argues, challenges how we understand the role of small states in the global system. Given the Gulf state’s outsized influence on regional and international affairs, this book is a critical and timely account of contemporary Qatari politics and society.