PhD Project: 'Social movements that challenge the dominant political and policy networks of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Brazil'
For decades global sport spectacles have generated political protests of various sorts. Brazil is no different than previous hosts. This project will identify the grassroots organisations that challenge the global model of sport spectacles practiced by the IOC and FIFA and investigate the extent to which these organisations are part of a burgeoning transnational alliance of local and international civil society organisations that conspire to resist the hegemony of mega event power elites. To what extent can these transnational alliances of resistance be considered social movements and what is their effectiveness in engendering progressive social change in the operational practices of those that are responsible for hosting sporting mega events?
For further details see:
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy/2014studentships/social/social-movements-that-challenge-the-dominant-political-and-policy-networks-of-the-2014-fifa-world-cup-and-2016-olympics-in-brazil/
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