Deep Dive – Claus Leggewie on the FIFA Worldcup in Qatar

In 2016 Claus Leggewie published an article on “Sports, culture,
development and foreign policy” in ifa’s magazine “Culture Report
Progress Europe” in which he described sports as an amplifier of
globalisation. He argued that spectators of major sporting events
formed a transnational community, albeit a volatile one. What
does Claus Leggewie have to say on this topic in view of the
politically heavily charged Soccer World Cup in Qatar?


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