No Games Chicago

• Verfasst von: Tresser, Tom [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: No Games Chicago
• Titelzusatz: how a small group of citizens derailed the city's 2016 Olympic bid
• Verf.angabe: Tom Tresser
• Verlagsort: New York, NY ; London$xviinRoutledge
• Jahr: 2025
• Umfang: xvii, 227 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-032-73896-3
• ISBN: 978-1-032-73473-6
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Tresser, Tom: No Games Chicago. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2025 |(DLC)2024011562
• RVK-Notation: RU 30801
• K10plus-PPN: 1888566116

Abstract

"Promoted as prestigious economic opportunity and often sought after by local leaders, hosting a modern Olympics can be a "city-killer" that racks up billions of dollars in over-budget expenses, degrades the environment,and shreds civil liberties. This book recounts the successful efforts of grassroots organization No Games Chicago to stop the 2016 Summer Olympics in an entertaining case study of local activism with international reach. Its strategies provide a playbook for scholars and activists seeking alternatives to tourism-centric megaprojects in an engaging addition to the literature of citizen governance, urban planning, and sports and economic development"--