A New Megasport Legacy, 9780197503614
Hardcover
Can megasports create lasting human rights legacies? Qatar shows how.

A New Megasport Legacy

host-country human rights and anti-corruption reforms

$445.89

  • Hardcover

    376 pages

  • Release Date

    10 August 2022

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Summary

Beyond the Game: Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Legacies in Megasports

Though the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup is for many a symbol of long-standing corruption and human rights problems, the event may actually represent something entirely new. Megasports are now demonstrating a capacity to leave what this book calls a human rights and anti-corruption legacy: norms, practices, policies, or laws that have application beyond sport, are likely to endure after the event, and the imp…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780197503614
ISBN-10:0197503616
Author:Andrew Spalding
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:Oxford University Press Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:376
Release Date:10 August 2022
Weight:653g
Dimensions:163mm x 239mm x 30mm
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Critics Review

Spalding proposes a constructive approach for organisers of MSE to consciously create human rights and anti-corruption legacies.

Spalding proposes a constructive approach for organisers of MSE to consciously create human rights and anti-corruption legacies. * Bernd Justin Jütte, Irish Jurist *

About The Author

Andrew Spalding

Andrew Spalding is a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, Frequent Visiting Faculty at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Austria, Chair of the Olympics Compliance Task Force, and Senior Editor at the FCPA Blog. He teaches and writes in international anti-corruption law, and on human rights and anti-corruption reforms in megasports. A JD/Ph.D. and former Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, he has visited at law schools in Turkey, Australia, and Bhutan.

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