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Contesting the Olympics in American Cities


Contesting the Olympics in American Cities

Chicago 2016, Boston 2024, Los Angeles 2028
Mega Event Planning

von: Greg Andranovich, Matthew J. Burbank

64,19 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 25.09.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9789811650949
Sprache: englisch

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This book examines the changing nature of opposition to bidding for and hosting the Olympic Games in contemporary American cities. It explores and critiques the process by which cities bid for the Olympics in the current context of the International Olympic Committee’s changing bid requirements and from the social justice perspectives of Olympics opponents. Using detailed case studies of the Olympic bids in Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles, it shows how opposition to bidding for and hosting the Olympics has changed dramatically in American cities.
1 Cities and the Olympics in Urban Politics.- 2 Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid and Opposition.- 3 Boston 2024 Olympic Bid and Opposition.- 4 Los Angeles 2024 Bid and 2028 Opposition.- 5 Anti-Olympics Protest as a Political Legacy.
<p><b>Greg Andranovich</b>&nbsp;is emeritus professor of political science at California State University, Los Angeles.</p><p><b>Matthew J. Burbank</b>&nbsp;is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah.&nbsp;</p>
<p>“Arguably we are at a tipping point in the history of the Olympics and C<i>ontesting the Olympics in American Cities</i> makes a major contribution to debates about the future of the Games and other sports mega-events.&nbsp; Written by renowned experts in the field of the urban politics of mega-events, this will become a standard reference point for students, teachers, researchers and anyone interested in the recent past and future development of the Olympics.”</p>

<p><b>—Professor John Horne </b>PhD, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan<b></b></p>

<p>This book examines the changing nature of opposition to bidding for and hosting the Olympic Games in contemporary American cities. It explores and critiques the process by which cities bid for the Olympics in the current context of the International Olympic Committee’s changing bid requirements and from the social justice perspectives of Olympics opponents. Using detailed case studies of the Olympic bids in Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles, it shows how opposition to bidding for and hosting the Olympics has changed dramatically in American cities.</p>

<p><b>Greg Andranovich</b> is emeritus professor of political science at California State University, Los Angeles.</p>

<p><b>Matthew J. Burbank</b> is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah.&nbsp;</p>
Examines American opposition and resistance in the context of changes in mega-event politics after the GFC Offers new documentary sources and interviews with opposition and resistance leaders Presents a cutting-edge resource for college and university courses in several disciplines
<p>“Arguably we are at a tipping point in the history of the Olympics and C<i>ontesting the Olympics in American Cities</i> makes a major contribution to debates about the future of the Games and other sports mega-events.&nbsp; Written by renowned experts in the field of the urban politics of mega-events, this will become a standard reference point for students, teachers, researchers and anyone interested in the recent past and future development of the Olympics.”</p>

<b>—Professor John Horne </b>PhD, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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