Olympic Dreams: The Impact of Mega-events on Local PoliticsLynne Rienner Publishers, 2001 - 203 pages What drives cities to pursue large-scale, high-profile events like the Olympic games? What are the consequences for citizens and local governments? Investigating local politics in three U.S. cities - Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Salt Lake City - as they vied for the role of Olympic host, this book provides a compelling narrative of the evolving political economy of modern megaevents. The authors reveal how the megaevent strategy typically is initiated by a coalition of public and private elites; how citizen involvement is managed and often curtailed; and how latent development agendas are revived and refocused to leverage Olympic opportunities. In assessing the impact of megaevent-driven growth, they look beyond the tax revenues and stadium costs to offer a nuanced examination of the ways Olympic dreams affect local governance and social conditions in urban economies. |
Table des matières
Megaevents and Economic Development | 33 |
Los Angeles and the 1984 Summer Games | 53 |
Atlanta and the 1996 Summer Games | 81 |
Salt Lake City and the 2002 Winter Games | 121 |
Reading the Olympic Games | 157 |
List of Acronyms | 173 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Olympic Dreams: The Impact of Mega-events on Local Politics Matthew Burbank,Gregory Andranovich,Charles H. Heying Aucun aperçu disponible - 2001 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
ACOG ACOG's Angeles Atlanta Journal Constitution benefits bid committee bid process Billy Payne business leaders Centennial Olympic Park city council city leaders city's image coalition CODA Coliseum competition construction consumption-oriented corporate costs County created downtown economic development economic growth elite Exposition Park federal funds finance Georgia Tech goals governor growth regime host city hosting the games hosting the Olympics impact included IOC members LAOOC mayor mega-event mega-event strategy ment million neighborhoods nomic Olympic bid Olympic Committee Olympic dreams Olympic games Olympic organizers Olympic Ring Olympic venues Olympic Village organizing committee percent projects public housing redevelopment regime theory Reich residents revenues Salt Lake City scandal SCCOG SLOC stadium Stoker Techwood/Clark Howell tion tourism U.S. cities UCLA University urban politics USOC Utah Sports vote West Valley City winter games Woodruff Park
Fréquemment cités
Page 182 - Tourism," in The Tourist City, ed. Dennis R. Judd and Susan S. Fainstein (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999); Kevin Fox Gotham, "Marketing Mardi Gras: Commodification, Spectacle, and the Political Economy of Tourism in New Orleans.
Page 184 - Moritz 1928," in Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement, ed. John E. Findling and Kimberly D. Pelle (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1996), p.
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