The Employment Legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games - A Case Study of East London (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book offers a detailed account of the employment promises made to local East Londoners when the Summer Olympic Games 2012 were awarded to London, as well as an examination of how those promises had morphed into the Olympic Labor market jamboree from which local communities were excluded. Regarding the global job market of London, this study provides a nuanced empirical view on how the world's biggest mega event was experienced and endured in terms employment by its immediate hosts, in one of the UK's poorest, most ethnically complex, and transient areas. The data has been collected through ethnographic observation and interviews with local residents, and expert interviews with the Olympic delivery professionals. Using Bourdieusian theory of contested capital, the findings provide an important bearing on the reproduction of inequality in the local labor markets of Olympic host cities.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Mega Event Planning
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Niloufar Vadiati
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	139
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-981-15-0597-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	981-15-0597-7
Barcode:	9789811505973

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