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Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt
Egypt has a large profitable football industry that increasingly attracts the attention of both football agents wanting to earn income from another market and sub-Saharan football players hoping to further a career by using Egypt as an intermediary between their home countries and Europe. The labor...
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| description | Egypt has a large profitable football industry that increasingly attracts the attention of both football agents wanting to earn income from another market and sub-Saharan football players hoping to further a career by using Egypt as an intermediary between their home countries and Europe. The labor migration of sub-Saharan football players to Egypt has been enabled mainly by neoliberal, market-orientated changes adopted by FIFA, the CAF, the European Union, and the Egyptian football industry itself. Yet more importantly it is the individual actors that implement and take advantage of these hegemonic spheres of influence. This thesis explores how these individual actors and sub-Saharan football players have negotiated the neoliberal project. Specifically it shows the changes brought by localized mutations of neoliberalism as well as its continuities how they affect the ways in which sub-Saharan football players in Egypt move, work, and live. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2120 Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt Groves, Andrea Egypt has a large profitable football industry that increasingly attracts the attention of both football agents wanting to earn income from another market and sub-Saharan football players hoping to further a career by using Egypt as an intermediary between their home countries and Europe. The labor migration of sub-Saharan football players to Egypt has been enabled mainly by neoliberal, market-orientated changes adopted by FIFA, the CAF, the European Union, and the Egyptian football industry itself. Yet more importantly it is the individual actors that implement and take advantage of these hegemonic spheres of influence. This thesis explores how these individual actors and sub-Saharan football players have negotiated the neoliberal project. Specifically it shows the changes brought by localized mutations of neoliberalism as well as its continuities how they affect the ways in which sub-Saharan football players in Egypt move, work, and live. 2012-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1121 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2120/viewcontent/ETD_2011_Summer_Andrea_Groves_Thesis.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Football Egypt Neoliberalism |
| spellingShingle | Football Egypt Neoliberalism Groves, Andrea Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt |
| title | Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt |
| title_full | Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt |
| title_short | Molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world: African football labor migrants in Egypt |
| title_sort | molding and moving bodies in a neoliberal world african football labor migrants in egypt |
| topic | Football Egypt Neoliberalism |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1121 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2120/viewcontent/ETD_2011_Summer_Andrea_Groves_Thesis.pdf |
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