What Happens When You Host World’s Largest Party: The Political Impact of Hosting FIFA’s World Cup
Major
International Trade (B.S.)
Research Presentation Abstract
This research effort is a comparative study on the political impact on host countries
holding the World Cup. Specifically, are the impacts different for a developed
country compared to a developing country? The two countries that I will use as case
studies are Germany (host of the 2006 World Cup) and South Africa (host of 2010
World Cup). Such cases offer excellent insight into the amount of political power
associated with the World Cup -- especially the preceding year of the tournament
due to the host country being under a proverbial microscope.
Information in this analysis will be anticipated to come from archival research on
electoral trends from two years prior and two years after the tournament was held
in Germany and South Africa. I will be look to see if there is more of a political shift
in local governments or at the federal level, if any at all.
Keywords
World Cup, International Studies, Politics
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Principal Faculty Mentor
Darin H. Van Tassell, Ph.D.
Principal Faculty Mentor Email
dvantass@georgiasouthern.edu
Principal Faculty Mentor’s Department
Center for International Studies (CIS)
Recommended Citation
Green, Branden A., "What Happens When You Host World’s Largest Party: The Political Impact of Hosting FIFA’s World Cup" (2015). Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium (2012-2016). 4.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pkp/2015/Undergraduate/4
What Happens When You Host World’s Largest Party: The Political Impact of Hosting FIFA’s World Cup
This research effort is a comparative study on the political impact on host countries
holding the World Cup. Specifically, are the impacts different for a developed
country compared to a developing country? The two countries that I will use as case
studies are Germany (host of the 2006 World Cup) and South Africa (host of 2010
World Cup). Such cases offer excellent insight into the amount of political power
associated with the World Cup -- especially the preceding year of the tournament
due to the host country being under a proverbial microscope.
Information in this analysis will be anticipated to come from archival research on
electoral trends from two years prior and two years after the tournament was held
in Germany and South Africa. I will be look to see if there is more of a political shift
in local governments or at the federal level, if any at all.