Football, Gambling, and Everyday Life in Zimbabwe
Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 30 January 2025
- ISBN 9781032578880
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages150 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 276 g
- Language English 633
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Short description:
This book provides a holistic analysis of football gambling in Zimbabwe, exposing its impact on the everyday lives of Zimbabweans. It will interest sports and African studies researchers, as well as those focusing on the socio-health problems related to gambling.
MoreLong description:
As unemployment soared in Zimbabwe in the early twenty-first century, betting on football/soccer emerged as a popular, if unsustainable, livelihood option, and the number of betting halls mushroomed. This book investigates this growing social phenomenon, providing a holistic analysis of football gambling in Zimbabwe and exposing its impact on the everyday lives of Zimbabweans.
Drawing on original empirical and theoretical analysis from across six different areas of Zimbabwe, the book highlights the lived experiences of communities that are only beginning to grapple with the long-term effects of addiction. Explaining its historical origins in the colonial and immediate post-colonial periods, the authors delve into the motivations, patterns, practices, and impacts of soccer betting. Tackling issues such as gender, livelihoods, addiction, religion, and tradition related to soccer betting, the book lays bare the general lack of policy frameworks and support services to protect vulnerable populations.
This book offers a rare glimpse into a sociological phenomenon sweeping across Zimbabwe, with a particularly stark impact on the country’s youth. It will interest sports and African studies researchers, as well as those focusing on the socio-health problems related to gambling.
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1. Becoming a betting nation: An introduction. 2. Playing the Odds: The rise of soccer betting houses as a livelihood option in Harare, Zimbabwe 3. “Just like the boys”: An analysis of the experiences of females involved in football betting in Harare, Zimbabwe. 4. Sports Betting in Low Resource Income Urban Area: A Case of Budiriro 5B Current Shops 5. “He bets when he wants to!” The effects of football gambling in Chinhoyi through the eyes of concerned significant others 6. From “Male holy trinity” to “Fourth Estate.” A case study of the nature, scale and patterns of football gambling in Chinhoyi. 7. Soccer betting in peri-urban spaces in Zimbabwe: Experiences from Domboshava 8. “iEconomy! Vapfanha vari kuzama lucky!”. Youth economic exigencies, football gambling cultures and experiences in Gweru, Zimbabwe.
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