Contesting the Olympics in American Cities

Chicago 2016, Boston 2024, Los Angeles 2028
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-981-16-5093-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 113 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 283 g

Reihe: Mega Event Planning

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burbank, Matthew J.

Andranovich, Greg

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Greg Andranovich is emeritus professor of political science at California State University, Los Angeles.

Matthew J. Burbank is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah.