When the games come to town: Neoliberalism, mega-events and social inclusion in the vancouver 2010 winter olympic games

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2074-2093

  Vanwynsberghe, Rob ^a   Surborg, Björn ^b   Wyly, Elvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Liberalism; Neoliberalism; Olympics; Social inclusion; Urban; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; OLYMPIC GAMES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84886290059     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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