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来源

URBAN STUDIES,Vol.55,Issue15,P.3369-3384

语言

英文

关键字

decision-making; mega-event; Olympic; policy failure; urban politics; MEGA-EVENTS; GAMES; POLITICS; LEGACIES; PROTEST; GROWTH

作者单位

[Kassens-Noor, Eva] Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA. [Lauermann, John] CUNY, New York, NY 10021 USA. Kassens-Noor, E (reprint author), Michigan State Univ, Sch Planning Design & Construct, 201E Human Ecol, E Lansing, MI 48823 USA. E-Mail: ekn@msu.edu

摘要

Planning for mega-events such as the Olympics is at a turning point. There has been a power shift in the relationship between cities and the International Olympic Committee towards the former. This shift is based on the emergence of anti-bid opposition movements; the increasing complexity of bidding; demands for locally relevant legacies; and a changing political economic relationship between citizens, city governments and sports federations. Our paper draws on a long-term study of Boston's failed bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, based on an ethnography within the bidding corporation and interviews with pro- and anti-bid stakeholders. We lay out the reasons why the Boston bid failed, and conclude that bid failure involves factors that work against elitist powers and towards democratic beneficiaries.