Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Sports Mega-Events, Sustainable Development and Civil Societies

   1. Introduction: Sports Mega-Events, Sustainable Development and Civil Societies

      • Graeme Hayes, John Karamichas

      Pages 1-27

3. Sports Mega-Events, Citizenship, and Civil Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. The Four ‘Cs’ of Sports Mega-Events: Capitalism, Connections, Citizenship and Contradictions

      • John Horne

      Pages 31-45

   3. Civilizing Beijing: Social Beautification, Civility and Citizenship at the 2008 Olympics

      • Anne-Marie Broudehoux

      Pages 46-67

   4. Istanbul’s Olympic Challenge: A Passport for Europe?

      • Jean-François Polo

      Pages 68-86

   5. The Failed Bid for Lyon ’68, and France’s Winter Olympics from Grenoble ’68 to Annecy 2018: French Politics, Civil Society and Olympic Mega-Events

      • Hugh Dauncey

      Pages 87-105

4. Mega-Events, Environmental Impacts and Sustainable Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. The Role of Environmental Issues in Mega-Events Planning and Management Processes: Which Factors Count?

      • Pietro Caratti, Ludovico Ferraguto

      Pages 109-125

   3. Sustainability as Global Norm: The Greening of Mega-Events in China

      • Arthur P. J. Mol, Lei Zhang

      Pages 126-150

   4. Olympic Games as an Opportunity for the Ecological Modernization of the Host Nation: The Cases of Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004

      • John Karamichas

      Pages 151-171

   5. What Happens When Olympic Bids Fail? Sustainable Development and Paris 2012

      • Graeme Hayes

      Pages 172-191

5. Constructing Civic Resistances to Mega-Events

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Olympic Games, Conflicts and Social Movements: The Case of Torino 2006

      • Egidio Dansero, Barbara Del Corpo, Alfredo Mela, Irene Ropolo

      Pages 195-218

   3. Vancouver 2010: The Saga of Eagleridge Bluffs

      • David Whitson

      Pages 219-235

   4. Resisting the Torch

      • Xavier Renou

      Pages 236-246

6. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247

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   2. Conclusion. Sports Mega-Events: Disputed Places, Systemic Contradictions and Critical Moments

      • Graeme Hayes, John Karamichas

      Pages 249-261

7. Back Matter

   Pages 262-292

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This volume explores sporting mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value systems that they inscribe and draw on, the claims they make on us and the claims the organisers make for them, the spatial and ethical relationships they create, and the responses of civil societies to them.

• China
• environment
• globalization
• Nation
• politics
• sports
• sustainability
• sustainable development

• Aston University, UK

  Graeme Hayes

• Queen’s University Belfast, UK

  John Karamichas

ANNE-MARIE BROUDEHOUX Professor in the School of Design at the University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada PIETRO CARATTI was former Senior Research Fellow at FEEM (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei) and now works for the Presidency of the Lombardy Region, Italy EGIDIO DANSERO Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Turin, Italy HUGH DAUNCEY Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK BARBARA DEL CORPO Graduate in International Relations of the Faculty of Political Science, University of Turin, Italy and is a collaborator with the University's OMERO (Olympics and Mega Events Research Observatory) group LUDOVICO FERRAGUTO Research Fellow at Rome-based I-COM, Italy JOHN HORNE Professor of Sport and Sociology at the University of Central Lancashire, UK ALFREDO MELA Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy ARTHUR P. J. MOL Professor in Environmental Policy at Wageningen University, The Netherlands JEAN-FRANCOIS POLO Lecturer in Political Science at IEP Rennes, France XAVIER RENOU Activist and researcher. He is the founder of Les Désobéissants, an informal network of activists, based in France IRENE ROPOLO Collaborator with the University of Turin's OMERO (Olympics and Mega Events Research Observatory) group DAVID WHITSON Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada LEI ZHANG Assistant Professor in the Environmental Policy Research Group, Wageningen University, TheNetherlands

Policies and ethics