@article{1484504,
      recid = {1484504},
      author = {Omena, Erick,},
      title = {The games of land dispossession : urban governance and  sports mega-events /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages) :},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1484504},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7536-5},
}