Contesting the Olympics in American Cities - Chicago 2016, Boston 2024, Los Angeles 2028

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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. 

Product details

• Authors: Gre Andranovich, Greg Andranovich, Matthew J Burbank, Matthew J. Burbank
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2021
• EAN: 9789811650932
• ISBN: 978-981-1650-93-2
• No. of pages: 113
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 12 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrations: IX, 113 p.
• Series: Mega Event Planning
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories