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Mega-Events, City and Power (Paperback)
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Mega-Events, City and Power (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
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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. It adopts
Bourdieu's concept of field to explore the interests and disputes
involved in the production of sports mega-events across different
times and spaces and the role of host cities in these processes. It
aims to identify the bases that give these spectacles the power to
produce disruptions in the social fabric of the host cities and
countries, and to enable the production of authoritarian forms of
exercising power. By observing the historical constitution of the
field of production of sport spectacle as an autonomous field, this
book explores how sport mega-events create both an arena and a
context for radical expressions of authoritarianism of neoliberal
planning models. It will be of interest to students, scholars and
professionals in architecture and urban studies, urban planning,
municipal governance, sport and leisure studies, and those
interested in the relationship between State and capital in the
production of urban space.
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