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.
Introduction
MAHFOUD AMARA, NIKOLAY KOZHANOV AND MAHJOOB ZWEIRI
1 Revisiting the History of Qatar’s Decision to Bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN
2 A Geopolitical Economy of the FIFA World Cup: Observations from Qatar’s Hosting of FIFA’s Showcase Tournament
SIMON CHADWICK
3 Qatari Lessons for Activists Gearing Up for a 2034 Saudi World Cup
JAMES M. DORSEY
4 The Impact of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Iran: A Clean Sheet for Scoring Political Points
GHONCHEH TAZMINI
5 The 2022 FIFA World Cup and the Post‑Colonial
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SARAH AL NAIMI AND THOMAS BONNIE JAMES
6 Qatar’s Sports Diplomacy of the 2022 World Cup and Ontological Security of Qatar Foreign Policy
HAZAL MUSLU EL BERNI
7 Building a Lasting Legacy: Beyond Qatar 2022
SIMONA AZZALI
8 Infrastructural, Socio‑cultural and Economic Issues Dealing with Disabled Spectators: Lessons from the FIFA World Cup 2018 and Qatar Experience
VADIM KAPUSTKIN
9 Framing of the FIFA World Cup 2022: An Examination of Message Appeal in the English Language Press in the UAE
MAGDALENA KAROLAK
10 Nation Branding Through Sport Mega‑Events: The Case of Qatar’s World Cup
KAMILLA SWART, OTHMAN ALTHAWADI, YARA ZEYAD ALI AND BRENDON KNOTT
11 The World Cup and Human Rights in Qatar: A Catalyst for Change?
YOUCEF BOUANDEL AND THOMAS BONNIE JAMES
12 FIFA World Cup as a Catalyst for Qatar to Achieve its Goals on Sustainability and Sports Diplomacy
MELTEM ÖZEL
13 Sport Diplomacy and Soft Power through Qatar’s FIFA World Cup 2022: A Case of Generation Amazing
DAVIES BANDA, KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN, NASSER AL KHORI AND JONATHAN MISEROY
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