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London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction: A Hollow Crown
Understanding the Olympics in Prospect and Retrospect; From Olympics Mega-Events to Post-Olympic Studies; Converging on Legacy; Structure of the Book; References; Part I London 2012: The Mega-Event in Context; 2 East London's Post-Olympic Economy; Introduction; London's Financial Turn; The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park; The International Quarter; Olympicopolis; A Viable Legacy?; Conclusion; References
3 Hollow Sovereignty and the Hollow Crown? Contested Governance and the Olympic Security EdificeIntroduction; Reconfiguring Olympic Cities; Securitising the Olympic City; London's Security Traditions and Orthodoxies; Techniques of Ordering; Pluralities of Security Governance; Conclusion; References; Part II The 2012 Legacy Story: Views from East London; 4 Legacy for Whom? Housing in Post-Olympic East London; Introduction; Evaluating the 2012 Games' Housing Legacy; House Prices and Rents; New Housing in 'Old Stratford' and 'New Stratford'; New Affordable and Social Rental Housing
Housing Needs and Insecurities: Overcrowding, Waiting Lists, Homelessness and EvictionsYoung People in Temporary Accommodation; Displacing the Homeless; Housing Campaigns: 'Social Housing Not Social Cleansing'; Conclusion; References; 5 A Place Beyond Belief: Hysterical Materialism and the Making of East 20; Living the Dream; East Village: An Estate of Exceptions; Speaking Out of Place; Aversive Geographies; The Inoperable Community; The Other Scene; Rethinking the Post-Olympic City: From Mega-Event Analysis to Micro-histories of Transition; References
6 'The Best New Place to Live'? Visual Research with Residents in East Village and E20Introduction; Distance and Disjunction: Landscapes of E20; Close Up Contradictions: East Village Residents; Conclusion; References; 7 Expert Knowledge and Community Participation in Urban Planning: the Case of Post-Olympic Hackney Wick; Introduction; The Fallow Is Over: Post-Olympic Hackney Wick; Community Responses; The Local Plan; Conclusion: On the Expertification of Participation; References; 8 Contesting Community on London 2012's Olympic Fringe; Introduction; Community as a Lens
Olympic Fringe Neighbourhood: Hackney Wick Fish IslandCommunity in London 2012 Planning; Clays Lane Estate: Failed Community or Absent Voice?; Eton Mission Rowing Club: NIMBY Enclave or Valuable Community Asset?; Negotiating 'Global' and 'Local' Interests; Conclusion: London 2012 Fostering or Displacing Community?; References; 9 West Ham United in the Olympic Stadium: A Gramscian Analysis of the Rocky Road to Stratford; Introduction; The Great Exodus: Farewell to the East End?; The Boleyn Ground as Surrogate for a 'Magical Recovery of Community'?
Understanding the Olympics in Prospect and Retrospect; From Olympics Mega-Events to Post-Olympic Studies; Converging on Legacy; Structure of the Book; References; Part I London 2012: The Mega-Event in Context; 2 East London's Post-Olympic Economy; Introduction; London's Financial Turn; The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park; The International Quarter; Olympicopolis; A Viable Legacy?; Conclusion; References
3 Hollow Sovereignty and the Hollow Crown? Contested Governance and the Olympic Security EdificeIntroduction; Reconfiguring Olympic Cities; Securitising the Olympic City; London's Security Traditions and Orthodoxies; Techniques of Ordering; Pluralities of Security Governance; Conclusion; References; Part II The 2012 Legacy Story: Views from East London; 4 Legacy for Whom? Housing in Post-Olympic East London; Introduction; Evaluating the 2012 Games' Housing Legacy; House Prices and Rents; New Housing in 'Old Stratford' and 'New Stratford'; New Affordable and Social Rental Housing
Housing Needs and Insecurities: Overcrowding, Waiting Lists, Homelessness and EvictionsYoung People in Temporary Accommodation; Displacing the Homeless; Housing Campaigns: 'Social Housing Not Social Cleansing'; Conclusion; References; 5 A Place Beyond Belief: Hysterical Materialism and the Making of East 20; Living the Dream; East Village: An Estate of Exceptions; Speaking Out of Place; Aversive Geographies; The Inoperable Community; The Other Scene; Rethinking the Post-Olympic City: From Mega-Event Analysis to Micro-histories of Transition; References
6 'The Best New Place to Live'? Visual Research with Residents in East Village and E20Introduction; Distance and Disjunction: Landscapes of E20; Close Up Contradictions: East Village Residents; Conclusion; References; 7 Expert Knowledge and Community Participation in Urban Planning: the Case of Post-Olympic Hackney Wick; Introduction; The Fallow Is Over: Post-Olympic Hackney Wick; Community Responses; The Local Plan; Conclusion: On the Expertification of Participation; References; 8 Contesting Community on London 2012's Olympic Fringe; Introduction; Community as a Lens
Olympic Fringe Neighbourhood: Hackney Wick Fish IslandCommunity in London 2012 Planning; Clays Lane Estate: Failed Community or Absent Voice?; Eton Mission Rowing Club: NIMBY Enclave or Valuable Community Asset?; Negotiating 'Global' and 'Local' Interests; Conclusion: London 2012 Fostering or Displacing Community?; References; 9 West Ham United in the Olympic Stadium: A Gramscian Analysis of the Rocky Road to Stratford; Introduction; The Great Exodus: Farewell to the East End?; The Boleyn Ground as Surrogate for a 'Magical Recovery of Community'?