Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Social Impacts of Megaevents
A Qualitative Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35699/1981-3171.2017.19902Keywords:
Sports, Public Policies, Leisure ActivitiesAbstract
The objective of this work is to analyze the expected positive and negative impacts of the 2016 Olympic Games from the perspective of public policy managers of sports and leisure within Brazil. Previous research demonstrates that sports megaevents generate both positive and negative impacts for every host country and it is essential that the host nations use research to base the construction of their public policies within sports and leisure in order to minimize the negative aspects and amplify the positive ones. For this study, field and bibliographic was conducted. The field research was conducted via semistructured interviews with public policy managers of sports and leisure. Our findings indicated that in order to be effective, there needs to be adequate management and public policies that enable the population to practice sports and it can minimize the negative social impacts of 2016 Olympic Games.
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MALFAS, M.; THEODROAKI, E.; HOULIHAN, B. Impacts of the Olympic Games as mega-events. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Municipal Engineer, v. 157, n. 3, p.209-220, 2004.
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MCKEENNA, F.; BOB, U. Business perceptions of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and related infrastructural development: A case study of the Moses Mabhida Stadium and the Durban beachfront developments. Alternation, v.17, n. 2, p. 200-224, 2010.
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SILVA, M. R. da; PIRES, G. De L. From the 2007 Pan in Rio to the 2014 World Cup in Brasil. What Brazil? And to which Brazil?. Motrivivência, v. 18, n.27, p.09-17, dez. 2006.
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WALKER, M.; HEERE, B.; THAPA, B.; GELDENHUYS, S.; COETZEE, W. The power of sport to unite a nation: The social value of the 2010 South African World Cup. European Sport Management Quarterly, v.13, n. 4, p. 450-471, 2013.
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Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Social Impacts of Megaevents: A Qualitative Study. (2017). LICERE - Revista Do Programa De Pós-graduação Interdisciplinar Em Estudos Do Lazer, 20(3), 348-366. https://doi.org/10.35699/1981-3171.2017.19902
