Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable?
Sport mega-events (SMEs) involve struggles to determine the definition of legacy and the outcome priorities that guide legacy planning, funding, and implementation processes. History shows that legacies reflect the interests of capital, and legacy benefits are enjoyed primarily, if not exclusively,...
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doaj-86ed9a5bb95e4a8bbb991ae4b29cc7d32020-11-25T01:57:07ZengUniversidade Estadual PaulistaMotriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica1980-65742013-09-0119358058910.1590/S1980-65742013000300008S1980-65742013000300008Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable?Jay Coakley0Doralice Lange Souza1University of ColoradoUniversidade Federal do ParanáSport mega-events (SMEs) involve struggles to determine the definition of legacy and the outcome priorities that guide legacy planning, funding, and implementation processes. History shows that legacies reflect the interests of capital, and legacy benefits are enjoyed primarily, if not exclusively, by powerful business interests, a few political leaders, and organizations that govern high performance sports. This paper addresses challenges faced by cities and countries that host SMEs, and shows that fair and equitable legacies and developmental outcomes are achieved only when the voices and interests of the general population are taken into account and given priority during the process of planning, funding and implementation. It also explains how full representation in the process of defining and achieving legacies and developmental outcomes may be undermined by populist beliefs about the power of sport.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742013000300008&lng=en&tlng=enmega-eventos deportivoslegadodesarrolloJuegos Olímpicos |
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Jay Coakley Doralice Lange Souza Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable? Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica mega-eventos deportivos legado desarrollo Juegos Olímpicos |
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Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable? |
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Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable? |
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Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable? |
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Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable? |
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Sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable? |
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sport mega-events: can legacies and development be equitable and sustainable? |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista |
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Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica |
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1980-6574 |
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2013-09-01 |
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Sport mega-events (SMEs) involve struggles to determine the definition of legacy and the outcome priorities that guide legacy planning, funding, and implementation processes. History shows that legacies reflect the interests of capital, and legacy benefits are enjoyed primarily, if not exclusively, by powerful business interests, a few political leaders, and organizations that govern high performance sports. This paper addresses challenges faced by cities and countries that host SMEs, and shows that fair and equitable legacies and developmental outcomes are achieved only when the voices and interests of the general population are taken into account and given priority during the process of planning, funding and implementation. It also explains how full representation in the process of defining and achieving legacies and developmental outcomes may be undermined by populist beliefs about the power of sport. |
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mega-eventos deportivos legado desarrollo Juegos Olímpicos |
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