MEGA-EVENTS, URBAN BOOSTERISM AND GROWTH STRATEGIES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE OBJECTIVES AND LEGITIMATIONS OF THE CAPE TOWN 2004 OLIMPIC BID.

HILLER, HARRY H.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, n.º 2/2000, pág. 439

1. Mega-events as urban phenomenon. 2. The CapeTown rationale: human development and the city. 3. Theapartheid city: Cape Town in the South African context. 4.An analytical assessment of the urban aspects of the bidplan. 5. Elite coalitions, boosterism and populist support.6. The olympics and human/urban development: acontradiction?. 7. Conclusion.