Att dribbla bort sanningen: Saudiarabiens framställning genom fotbollen
(2024) STVK04 20241Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- The main thing of this paper is the connection between Saudi Arabia and football, which
contributes to the understanding of the political developments in the country. The upcoming
football season in Saudi Arabia in 2023 is discursively constructed as a manifestation of a
modernization of Saudi Arabia where only oil and Mecka will no longer be associated with
the country. In official Saudi Arabian rhetoric, the country's new identity is intertwined with
the glory of football to shift the focus from the country's abuse of its population. Football ́s
values of humanism, community, internationalization, and progress are thus combined with
the Saudi lack of basic human rights. There are also cases where the existing investments in
... (More) - The main thing of this paper is the connection between Saudi Arabia and football, which
contributes to the understanding of the political developments in the country. The upcoming
football season in Saudi Arabia in 2023 is discursively constructed as a manifestation of a
modernization of Saudi Arabia where only oil and Mecka will no longer be associated with
the country. In official Saudi Arabian rhetoric, the country's new identity is intertwined with
the glory of football to shift the focus from the country's abuse of its population. Football ́s
values of humanism, community, internationalization, and progress are thus combined with
the Saudi lack of basic human rights. There are also cases where the existing investments in
football in the country are used to criticize the regime in Saudi Arabia. What are the key
narratives around this phenomenon? (Less)
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- author
- Guerrero Perez, Erik LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Saudiarabien,narrativ och fotbollen
- course
- STVK04 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Saudi Arabia, soft power, narrative analysis, strategic analysis, Saudi Professional League, SPL
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9152784
- date added to LUP
- 2024-07-18 11:09:14
- date last changed
- 2024-07-18 11:09:14
@misc{9152784, abstract = {{The main thing of this paper is the connection between Saudi Arabia and football, which contributes to the understanding of the political developments in the country. The upcoming football season in Saudi Arabia in 2023 is discursively constructed as a manifestation of a modernization of Saudi Arabia where only oil and Mecka will no longer be associated with the country. In official Saudi Arabian rhetoric, the country's new identity is intertwined with the glory of football to shift the focus from the country's abuse of its population. Football ́s values of humanism, community, internationalization, and progress are thus combined with the Saudi lack of basic human rights. There are also cases where the existing investments in football in the country are used to criticize the regime in Saudi Arabia. What are the key narratives around this phenomenon?}}, author = {{Guerrero Perez, Erik}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Att dribbla bort sanningen: Saudiarabiens framställning genom fotbollen}}, year = {{2024}}, }