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Nov 4, 2022 1 hr 6 min

Sportswashing

from P3 Dystopia Hosted by Sveriges Radio

Diktaturer ser idrott som det perfekta propagandaverktyget och idag är sportmarknaden full av smutsiga pengar. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Historien kryllar av exempel på diktaturer som använt sport för att försöka tvätta rent sitt rykte på den internationella scenen. Nazitysklands OS i Berlin 1936 och Argentinas fotbolls-VM 1978 är två tydliga exempel. Idag ser man sportswashing i hela den globala idrottsindustrin. Flera fotbollslag över hela världen ägs av totalitära stater och pengastinna idrottsturneringar arrangeras i länder som har väldigt lågt demokrati-index. VM i fotboll 2022 går av stapeln i den stenrika gulfstaten Qatar, ett land där mänskliga rättigheter är minst sagt lågprioriterade. P3 Dystopia reder ut historien, nutiden och framtiden för sporttvätt, och vad som händer när någonting som älskas av flera miljarder människor korrumperas av smutsiga pengar. Medverkande Ekim Caglar - Författare och skribent med fokus på relationen mellan fotboll och politik Olof Lundh - Journalist på Fotbollskanalen Martin Johansson - Idrottshistoriker på Södertörns högskola Cecilia Uddén - Mellanösternkorrespondent på Sveriges Radio Victor Matheson - Sportekonom på College of the Holy Cross i Boston Vi har även pratat med Jens Ljunggren - Professor i idrottshistoria på Stockholms universitet Böcker Templet i öknen - Så köpte Qatar världens största sport (2022) - Olof Lundh Föreläsningar Sports as a tool of soft power in modern international relations - IRIS (2022) Klipp Qatar wins 2022 World cup bid (2010) Football Weekly - The Guardian (2022) Replay: Putin press conference on Russia 2018 Olympic Sports in Berlin aka 11th Olympiad 1936 - British Pathé Podcast When we were kings - Qatar 2022 Freakonomics - What Is Sportswashing (And Does It Work?) It Could Happen Here - Sportswashing and the Police State SportsPro Podcast - Olympic and Euro 2020 developments with Tariq Panja Rushden/Kavalee’s Two Up Top Podcast - The Flavour Of World Football - Tariq Panja Artiklar/Källor i urval Qatar: Hur är läget för migrantarbetarna inför VM i herrfotboll 2022? - Amnesty (2019) U.S. Says FIFA Officials Were Bribed to Award World Cups to Russia and Qatar - New York Times (2020) A Sarkozy lunch, PSG and beIN sports: questions for Platini over Qatar 2022 - The Guardian (2019) 1950-2014: A history of sponsorship at the FIFA world cup - Sports Business (2018) Amatörideal och professionalism - Ledmotiv i tävlingsidrotten 1907-1967 - Karin Wikberg Lindroth - Idrottsforskning Havelange reshaped FIFA but career ended in disgrace - Reuters (2016) Aditya Chakrabortty: How a great English city sold itself to Abu Dhabi’s elite – and not even for a good price - The Guardian (2022) Why Is There More Outrage Over The Newcastle United Takeover? One Professor Has A Controversial Theory - Forbes (2021) Bitte Hammargren: När plånboken talar vinner Qatar - Svenska Dagbladet (2022) Historiska bilderna: Så krossades Hitlers OS-dröm - Göteborgs-Posten (2016) Qatar World Cup accused of imposing ‘chilling’ restrictions on media - The Guardian (2022) Nazi Germany's Jewish champion: the mystery of Helene Mayer endures - The Guardian (2016) Tidningen Filter: Missvisande dödssiffror inför fotbolls-VM - Dagens Nyheter (2022) FIFA World Cup worker deaths: Is Qatar making good on its promise to change? - Business Beyond DW News (2021) Barney Ronay: Forget ‘sportswashing’: Qatar 2022 is about military might and hard sports power - The Guardian (2022) Amnesty: stop Azerbaijan from sportswashing ‘appalling human rights record’ - Irish Times (2019) BBC Panorama - FIFA’s dirty secrets - Andrew Jennings (2010) USA, New York: IOC corruption scandal press conference - AP (1999) Qatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People - Human Rights Watch (2022) Why are clubs like Manchester City and PSG bought by COUNTRIES? - Soccer Stories - Oh My Goal (2021) How Countries Use Sports To Improve Their Image - NPR (2022) Leaked emails reveal Manchester City received payments from Abu Dhabi - The Guardian (2022) Soft power and soft disempowerment: Qatar, global sport and football’s 2022 World Cup finals - Paul Michael Brannagan & Richard Guilianotti - Leisure Studies (2015) Sportswashing: Complicity and Corruption - Kyle Fruh, Alfred Archer & Jake Wojtowicz - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (2022) The Surprising Reason that There Are So Many Thai Restaurants in America - Vice (2018) Gastrodiplomacy – Soft Power With Good Flavour - CorD Magazine (2019) Understanding Thailand's soft power - Bangkok post (2020) Musik Kid Loco - Theme From the Graffiti Artist Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow - Dream Reality Marcus Bagala - Boxes: Autumnal Moping Cliff Martinez - Speight lived here Martin Fowler - Ships VII Martin Fowler - Ships XII Martin Fowler - Ships III Marcus Bagala - Frets: Problem, After Problem Marcus Bagala - Wires: Tangerines Jon Brion - You learn Gustavo Santaolalla - Forgotten Memories Marcus Bagala - Untitledthingthing Max de Wardener - Snowflakes Marcus Bagala - Duco in Mara's Room Cristobal Tapia De Veer - The Public Ben Watts - Overcome Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - It Catches Up With You Marcus Bagala - Searching for something Cliff Martinez - Placental Repair Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk Daniel Hart - Critical Issue for the Future Daniel Hart - Longleaf pines Hanan Townshend - Water Theme no.2 Cliff Martinez - Will She Come Back Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Eleven Martin D. Fowler - So Shoot Me Markoolio - Mera mål

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