Full Description
The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world's biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable.
Contents
Preface Prologue IntroductionNew(Ham) World 2. The 2012 Transition: Process and Politics 3. Newham Divide and Document 4. Life in the Shadow of the Olympic Torch 5. Employment and Capital Gains 6. The Rings of Exclusion 7. Securitization: The Olympic Lockdown? 8. Big Game Hunting: Baiting the Hooks 9. Going for the Gold: The All-Consuming 2012 Ethos 10. Conclusion: Extinguishing the Olympic Epilogue
