The race to transform
Sport in post-apartheid South Africa
Will be published approx. on 15. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-7969-2319-6 (ISBN)
Description
Takes stock of sport in South Africa, providing an exploration of how sport reflects matters such as enduring inequality, racial transformation and the making (or otherwise) of a common South African destiny. This book provides a view on the relationship between elite and grassroots sport in the context of growing economic disparities and the emergence of an influential black middle and super-rich class. The contributors outline an agenda for both theory and practice in the ongoing debate about sport and transformation in South Africa.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cape Town
South Africa
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7969-2319-6 (9780796923196)
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Ashwin Desai holds a Masters degree from Rhodes University and a doctorate from Michigan State University. He is currently based at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He was previously a Visiting Research Fellow in the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. One of South Africa's foremost social commentators, Ashwin's work is internationally celebrated for its courage and clarity of vision and for its focus on the lived experience of oppression and resistance. Goolam Vahed: is Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.