Mega-events and the city - Critical Perspectives

Mega-events and the city - Critical Perspectives
Author: Carlos Vainer
Publisher: Letra Capital Editora LTDA
Total Pages: 299
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ISBN: 8577855686

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In recent years, mega-events as Olympics, international exhibitions and especially the World Cup have put into action all kinds of capitals, reconfigured territorial scales of power and produced a discourse about competitiveness, urbanism and global cities that proclaims convergence between public and private interests.


Mega-events and the city - Critical Perspectives
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Carlos Vainer
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: Letra Capital Editora LTDA

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In recent years, mega-events as Olympics, international exhibitions and especially the World Cup have put into action all kinds of capitals, reconfigured territ
Mega-Events, City and Power
Language: en
Pages: 156
Authors: Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-21 - Publisher: Routledge

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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
Mega-Events and Globalization
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: Richard Gruneau
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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Since the turn of the twenty first century, there has been a trend for urban "mega events" to be awarded to cities and nations in the East and Global South. Suc
Mega-Event Mobilities
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Noel B. Salazar
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global expo
Mega-Event Mobilities
Language: en
Pages: 207
Authors: Noel B. Salazar
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-01 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global expo