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oapen-20.500.12657-306572021-11-15T08:21:16Z Rio 2016 Zimbalist, Andrew Economics Brazil Favela International Olympic Committee Rio de Janeiro A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics The selection of Rio de Janeiro as the site of the summer 2016 Olympic Games set off jubilant celebrations in Brazil—and created enormous expectations for economic development and the advancement of Brazil as a major player on the world stage. Although the games were held without major incident, the economic, environmental, political, and social outcomes for Brazil ranged from disappointing to devastating. Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known. Edited by sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, the other contributors include Juliana Barbassa, Jules Boykoff, Jamil Chade, Stephen Essex, Renata Latuf, and Theresa Williamson. 2018-01-01 23:55:55 2019-05-08 03:00:48 2020-04-01T13:06:25Z 2020-04-01T13:06:25Z 2017-11-01 book 644222 OCN: 1003202088 9780815732464 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30657 eng application/pdf n/a 644222.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/book/rio-2016/ Brookings Institution Press 101701 ef8a34cf-bd0a-4969-be47-a3f837a40a70 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780815732464 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Washington DC 101701 KU Select 2017: Front list Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics
The selection of Rio de Janeiro as the site of the summer 2016 Olympic Games set off jubilant celebrations in Brazil—and created enormous expectations for economic development and the advancement of Brazil as a major player on the world stage. Although the games were held without major incident, the economic, environmental, political, and social outcomes for Brazil ranged from disappointing to devastating.
Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known. Edited by sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, the other contributors include Juliana Barbassa, Jules Boykoff, Jamil Chade, Stephen Essex, Renata Latuf, and Theresa Williamson.
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