Mega-Event Mobilities

A Critical Analysis

Noel B. Salazar, Christiane Timmerman, Johan Wets , Luana Gama Gato

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English

Routledge
30 September 2020

Sociology: sport & leisure; Sport & leisure industries; Sporting events, tours & organisations

Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global exposure and intense struggles by different stakeholders.

This is the first book to examine sports mega-events from a mobilities perspective. It analyses the ‘mobile construction’ of global sports mega-events and the role this plays in managing labour, imaginaries, policies and legacies. In particular, the book focuses on the tension between the various mobilities and immobilities that are implied in the process of constructing a mega-event. It seeks to uncover the ways in which an event is a series of fluid interactions that occur sequentially and simultaneously at multiple scales in diverse spheres of interaction. Contributions explore the dynamics through which mega-events occur, revealing the textures and nuance of the complex systems that sustain them, and the ways that events ramify throughout the international system.

Edited by: Noel B. Salazar, Christiane Timmerman, Johan Wets, Luana Gama Gato, Sarah Van den Broucke
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367667979
ISBN 10: 0367667975
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 30 September 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Noel B. Salazar is Research Professor in Anthropology at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Christiane Timmerman is Research Professor at the University of Antwerp and director of the Centre of Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS). Johan Wets is Research Manager Migration of HIVA, University of Leuven, Belgium. Luana Gama Gato is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Leuven. Sarah Van den Broucke is Research Associate at HIVA, University of Leuven. She specialises in international migration and policy research.