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Sportevenemangens baksida : FIFA World Cup 2010 i Sydafrika och rätten till bostad

Svärdby, Frida LU (2010) MRSK30 20092
Human Rights Studies
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Abstract
This is an investigation of the FIFA World Cup 2010 and effects on housing rights in Cape Town. South Africa has a harsh history of displacement of people and the government has, because of that, promised that no one will be displaced because of the sport event. The government is also promising a lot of opportunities for the population in the entire Africa. To investigate how mega-events affect housing rights other sport events are looked at, such as Olympic Games in Atlanta and Beijing. The result shows that Cape Town have done a massive displacement in a project called the N2 gateway but has not offended the housing rights in the construction work of the new stadium. FIFA are working to protect human rights but hasn’t helped South Africa... (More)
This is an investigation of the FIFA World Cup 2010 and effects on housing rights in Cape Town. South Africa has a harsh history of displacement of people and the government has, because of that, promised that no one will be displaced because of the sport event. The government is also promising a lot of opportunities for the population in the entire Africa. To investigate how mega-events affect housing rights other sport events are looked at, such as Olympic Games in Atlanta and Beijing. The result shows that Cape Town have done a massive displacement in a project called the N2 gateway but has not offended the housing rights in the construction work of the new stadium. FIFA are working to protect human rights but hasn’t helped South Africa to care for the housing rights at all. (Less)
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author
Svärdby, Frida LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSK30 20092
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Rätten till bostad, Sydafrika, Kapstaden. , Mänskliga rättigheter, Världsmästerskapen i fotboll 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Housing rights, Human Rights, FIFA World Cup 2010, Mega-event
language
Swedish
id
1526260
date added to LUP
2010-03-04 14:35:16
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:48
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  abstract     = {{This is an investigation of the FIFA World Cup 2010 and effects on housing rights in Cape Town. South Africa has a harsh history of displacement of people and the government has, because of that, promised that no one will be displaced because of the sport event. The government is also promising a lot of opportunities for the population in the entire Africa. To investigate how mega-events affect housing rights other sport events are looked at, such as Olympic Games in Atlanta and Beijing. The result shows that Cape Town have done a massive displacement in a project called the N2 gateway but has not offended the housing rights in the construction work of the new stadium. FIFA are working to protect human rights but hasn’t helped South Africa to care for the housing rights at all.}},
  author       = {{Svärdby, Frida}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Sportevenemangens baksida : FIFA World Cup 2010 i Sydafrika och rätten till bostad}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}