The games of land dispossession : urban governance and sports mega-events / Erick Omena.
Omena, Erick, author.
2023
HT178.B7
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Title The games of land dispossession : urban governance and sports mega-events / Erick Omena.
Author Omena, Erick, author.
ISBN 9789819975365 (electronic bk.)
9819975360 (electronic bk.)
9789819975358
9819975352
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7536-5
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-99-7536-5 doi
Call Number HT178.B7
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.3/4160981
Summary This book offers a comparative study of state strategies in relation to urban redevelopment projects associated with sports mega-events in Brazil, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It examines urban governance strategies employed to dispossess working-class communities of their land and counteract the subsequent emergence of discontent in various national contexts, offering an intricate analysis of the mechanisms of class dominance operating across diverse regions of the globe. This is based on the application of Gramscian theory concerning the capitalist state and its fluid interplay between coercion and consent. Juxtaposing historical trajectories in the execution of redevelopment initiatives linked to large-scale sporting events, the book offers an in-depth examination of the state-civil society relations shaping the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Parks, alongside the regeneration initiatives concerning the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro and the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg -- respectively earmarked for the 2014 and 2010 FIFA World Cups. Drawing on insights from a range of disciplines and an explicitly Gramscian analytical framework, this book will appeal to students and scholars in urban planning, sport sociology, development studies, and human geography.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 4, 2023).
Series Marx, Engels, and Marxisms, 2524-7131
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Enabling Urban Governance Comparisons
The Hegemonic Strength of the London Olympic Park project
The Hegemonic Weakness of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Park project
The Failure of the Ellis Park Development Project in Johannesburg
The Failure of the Maracanã Project in Rio de Janeiro
The Historical Constraints on Hegemonic Constructio
The Semiperipheral Domination Complex.

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