The Legacy of Mega Events: Urban Transformations and Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro 3030550524, 9783030550523

Table of contents :
Acknowledgement
About This Book
Introduction
References
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Neoliberalization and Mega Events: The Transition of Rio de Janeiro’s Hybrid Urban Order
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Neoliberalism, Governmentality, and Contestations
1.3 The Hybrid Urban Order of Rio de Janeiro: Different Logics in the Production of Space
1.4 The 2016 Olympic Games: Inflection Point in the Hybrid Urban Order
1.5 Consolidating the Space of Capital: The Expansion of Barra da Tijuca
1.6 The Recapture of the City Center by Big Business: Redeveloping the Port District
1.7 Building Entrepreneurial Favelas
1.8 Conclusion
References
2 When the Lights Turn off. Rio de Janeiro’s Wannabe Global City Trajectory
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 A Global History
2.2 Wannabe Global City
2.3 Globalizing Rio
2.3.1 Logic of Urban Development
2.4 The Legacy of the Globalizing Strategy
2.4.1 What Scale?
References
3 Public–Private Partnerships in the Context of Mega Events
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Types of PPPs and Their Diffusion in Brazil
3.3 Political Game and Market Solution
3.4 Neoliberal Project and the Use of PPPs
3.5 PPPs in the Context of Mega-Sporting Events
3.5.1 Urban Interventions and the Olympic Project Costs
3.6 The Olympic Park PPPs
3.7 The Legacy of the Olympic Park
References
4 A Mega Event Called Official Carnival: City, Culture, and Party for the Market
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Carnival as an Essential Element of the Global City Project
4.3 The Carnival Reinvented by the Market: The PPP Carnival
4.4 The Illegitimate Norm: The Antilaw Regulating the Carnival
4.5 Final Considerations: Popular Resistance and the Worsening of the Neoliberal Logic
References
5 Institutional Analysis of the Secretariat of Federal Property (SPU): The Case of Porto Maravilha
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Historical Neo—Institutionalism: Continuity and Change
5.3 The Secretariat of Federal Property (SPU)
5.4 The Case of Porto Maravilha
5.4.1 The Construction of the Coalition Around Porto Maravilha
5.5 The Federal Property in the Context of Porto Maravilha
5.5.1 The SPU-RJ and the Porto Maravilha Project
5.5.2 Institutional Relations and the SPU-RJ Trajectory
5.6 Conclusion
References
6 Porto Maravilha: The Utopia Crisis After the Global Euphoria
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Configuration of a Coalition in Crisis
6.3 Coalitions and Agents in the Production of Urban Space
6.4 Conclusion
References
7 Informality and Invisibility of the Slum Tenements in the Port Area of Rio de Janeiro
7.1 Introduction
7.2 A Little History: From the Demographic Explosion to the Attack Against the Slum Tenements
7.3 Visibilizing the Slum Tenements in the Urban Landscape of Rio de Janeiro
7.4 Profile of the Slum Tenements Dwellers and Their Living Conditions
7.5 Conclusion
References
8 Favelas and Gentrification: Reflections on the Impacts of Urban Restructuring on the City of Rio de Janeiro
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Mega Events and Urban Restructuring in the City of Rio de Janeiro
8.3 Favelas and Gentrification
8.4 Symbolic Resignification and Gentrification Experiments in the Favelas of Vidigal, Babilônia, and Chapéu Mangueira
8.4.1 The “Pacification” Process of Favelas
8.5 Entrepreneurship Reaches the Favelas
8.6 Conclusion
References
9 A New Cycle of Removals in the Favelas in Rio: What Legacy Is This?
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The History of the Favelas: Tolerance Versus Repression
9.3 A Critique of the Capitalist Production of Space
9.4 Strategic Planning and Urban Entrepreneurship
9.4.1 Mega Events as Opportunity
9.5 The Grammar of Removals: Discourses and Justifications
9.6 Conclusion
References
10 State of Art and Possibilities for Citizenship Education in the City of Rio de Janeiro
10.1 Introduction
10.2 How Citizenship Education Can Contribute to the Development of the Sense of Political and Social Membership in Future Citizens
10.3 Citizenship Education in Brazil and in the City of Rio de Janeiro: A Brief Overview
10.4 Citizenship Education as a Case Study for an Innovative Approach: Methodology and Path Followed
10.5 The Citizenship Education Module as a Result Tested in School
10.6 Conclusion
References
Index

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