Mega-Events, City and Power

ISBN-13: 9780367563653 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 208 str.

Nelma Gusm?o de Oliveira

Opis

This book examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced. 

Spis treści

Part 1: Production of Sports Spectacle on a Global Scale  1. Laying the Field: A Genealogy of Sport Spectacle  2. The Players and Their Strategies  3. The Rules of the Game  Part 2: Production of Sports Spectacle on a Local Scale  4. Two Converging Fields: The Production of the City and the Production of Sport Spectacle  5. The Host of the Games: Playing to Win  6. Strength-of-Law: Institutional Ruptures and Realignments Linked to the Production of Sport Spectacle

O autorze

Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira is a professor at State University of Southwestern Bahia in Brazil, where she researches large-scale development projects. Her doctoral dissertation was awarded the 2012–2013 prize for best dissertation by the Brazilian National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Urban and Regional Planning.