Overview
- Provides an original contribution to the literature on conditions of state power in emerging countries
- Offers original empirical data focusing on the cases of London, Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg
- Examines the implications of recent trends of prioritizing emerging countries as sports mega-events hosts
Part of the book series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms (MAENMA)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 stadiumin 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.
Reviews
“The Games of Land Dispossession is a brilliant and timely analysis of the workings of domination through coercion and consent in the hosting of global sporting events. Erick Omena has constructed a powerful north-south and south-south comparison through a Gramscian lens. The deeply grounded narrative unfolds in a clear and gripping manner, rendering this a highly readable contribution toMarxist and critical urban studies and an immensely accessible political project”. (Marie Huchzermeyer, Professor and Director of the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.)
“Erick Omena has written an original and indispensable Marxist analysis of the sporting mega-event in its urban context. In doing so, he also casts new light on the centrality of sport to the 21st century capitalist state. A must read for scholars and activists everywhere”. (Jonathan S. Davies, Director of the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Erick Omena is a lecturer at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning and Research/ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. He has a PhD in Spatial Planning and Urban Politics awarded by Oxford Brookes University. His research interests focus on the interface of social theory, urban planning and political economy
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Games of Land Dispossession
Book Subtitle: Urban Governance and Sports Mega-Events
Authors: Erick Omena
Series Title: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7536-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-7535-8Published: 22 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-7538-9Due: 09 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-7536-5Published: 21 November 2023
Series ISSN: 2524-7123
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 218
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Urban Studies/Sociology, Political Science, Development Studies, International Relations