GLOBALZN 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: B.C. Rich, Migrant Worker
8 Jan 2017
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Critics: bene ts rich & powerful at expense of rest. Pro ts to ioc & sponsors-taxpayers stuck with costs. Legacy can actually do more harm than good (cid:8219) assets decay or sold to cover debts; living cost rises afterward. Human rights rhetoric is empty-eg. beijing, sochi (cid:8219) lavish spectacle & investor pro t are more important. So: despite global popularity of events & events of ioc/fifa, local resistance to hosting is increasing . E. g. rio de janeiro: world cup 2014 & 2016 olympics. Case study: brazil 2014/rio 2016 (at rst, brazil doesn"t allow alcohol in stadium. Clearing the favelas: 70,000 ppl relocated (clear the ppl from poor area b/c rich and poor area just a ne line. Olympics used a pretext to evict & redevelop? (ppl don"t want leave and live in a condition like this) Anti-olympic resistance follows largest protests in brazil"s history leading up to 2014 world. Cup (one of the biggest protest in brazil)
