Rio de Janeiro and the dream of a global city: mega-events and urban policy

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Arturo Di Bella
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/118
Language Italian Pages 22 P. 97-118 File size 122 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2017-118005
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Rio de Janeiro and the dream of the global city: mega events and urban politics. This article intends to analyse the Rio de Janeiro’s strategy of globalization based on the politics of mega sporting events. The adoption of a relational and territorial perspective permits to unveil the peculiar relations between urban politics, global flows and local agency, highlighting the contradictions and the tensions accompanying the production of urban space.

Keywords: Global capitalism, urban politics, local agency, Olympics, Rio de Janeiro

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Arturo Di Bella, Rio de Janeiro e il sogno della città globale: mega-eventi e politica urbana in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 118/2017, pp 97-118, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2017-118005