Africa is said to be rising, turning a definitive page in its history, heralding new and exciting
possibilities for the continent. This discourse maintains that with upsurge in economic growth …

This study examines the impacts of residents' trust along with other factors such as
community concerns, eco-centric values, and community attachment on local residents' …

This paper develops the notion of “event seizure” to better understand how mega-events,
and the elites associated with them, take possession of host cities and societies—of …

This paper examines the role of paradoxes in research and proposes strategies of engaging
with them. For this purpose, it analyses the ways in which six paradoxes are constitutive of …

This paper presents an analysis of the dialectic construction of city representation in Rio de
Janeiro during the phase of preparing for global sport mega-events, such as the 2014 FIFA …

The hegemonic power of FIFA over countries hosting its capstone World Cup tournament is
worth examining in the context of hegemony theory in International Relations literature. To …

Since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016
Olympic Games, large-scale transportation infrastructures have been transforming the city …

Mega-events are global affairs with profound effects across a variety of scales, and are the
focus of a large and growing body of academic inquiry. This special section in Sports in …

What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events
such as the Olympics and the World Cup? Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global …

At a cost of more than 15 billion USD, the FIFA World Cup is not only the biggest single-sport
mega-event, but also the costliest. Investments of this magnitude exceed the GDPs of …