Neoliberalization and mega-events: The transition of Rio de Janeiro's hybrid urban order

The current developments in Rio de Janeiro in the wake of the 2014 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games have accelerated the transition from a hybrid urban order to a new urban order of intensified neoliberalization and commodification....

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Published inJournal of urban affairs Vol. 39; no. 7; pp. 909 - 923
Main Authors Ribeiro, Luiz Cesar de Queiroz, Santos Junior, Orlando Alves dos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newark Routledge 01.01.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Commodification
Democracy
Football
Governance
Modes of production
Neoliberalism
Olympic games
Professional soccer
Soccer
Transition economies
Urban areas
Urban policy
Urban structures
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Summary:The current developments in Rio de Janeiro in the wake of the 2014 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games have accelerated the transition from a hybrid urban order to a new urban order of intensified neoliberalization and commodification. This transition is a complex and contradictory process that entails both rollback and rollout features of neoliberalism, as well as a permanent restructuring of sociospatial relations and political arrangements. By discussing the ongoing policies and politics of urban restructuring, we examine the creative destruction of urban structures, institutional arrangements, and regulations of urban space with the transformation of 3 sites in Rio de Janeiro-Barra da Tijuca, the port district, and the South Zone. The process of variegated neoliberalization generates new modes of production and reproduction, which threaten the principles of democratic governance and universalization of rights to the city.
ISSN:0735-2166
1467-9906
DOI:10.1080/07352166.2017.1328976