The Politics of South African Cricket : Sport in the Global Society.

By: Gemmell, JonMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Sport in the Global Society SerPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (276 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203505892Subject(s): Cricket -- Political aspects -- South Africa | Sports and state -- South AfricaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Politics of South African Cricket : Sport in the Global SocietyDDC classification: 796.3580968 LOC classification: GV928.S6 -- G46 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Introduction -- The Problems of Defining 'Political Science' -- The Ties that Bind: The Relationship between Sport and Politics -- On a Sticky Wicket: The Ethos of Cricket -- Programme and Practice: Apartheid and Sport -- Banishing Tradition, or Prejudice? Politics and the Winding Road to Multiracial Cricket -- 'No Normal Sport in an Abnormal Society' -- Isolating the Disease: International Politics and the Arguments for Sanctions against South Africa -- Isolation (of Sorts): South Africa's Withdrawal from the Commonwealth -- A Defining Moment: The Basil D'Oliveira Affair -- Cricket and the Actual Institution of Politics: The 1970 South African Tour to England -- Treachery and Despair: The Rebel Tours -- Conclusion: The Role of Sport in Influencing Change in South Africa -- Postscript: Constructing the Rainbow Nation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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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Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Introduction -- The Problems of Defining 'Political Science' -- The Ties that Bind: The Relationship between Sport and Politics -- On a Sticky Wicket: The Ethos of Cricket -- Programme and Practice: Apartheid and Sport -- Banishing Tradition, or Prejudice? Politics and the Winding Road to Multiracial Cricket -- 'No Normal Sport in an Abnormal Society' -- Isolating the Disease: International Politics and the Arguments for Sanctions against South Africa -- Isolation (of Sorts): South Africa's Withdrawal from the Commonwealth -- A Defining Moment: The Basil D'Oliveira Affair -- Cricket and the Actual Institution of Politics: The 1970 South African Tour to England -- Treachery and Despair: The Rebel Tours -- Conclusion: The Role of Sport in Influencing Change in South Africa -- Postscript: Constructing the Rainbow Nation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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