The Employment Legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games: A Case Study of East London

by Niloufar Vadiati

Overview

This book offers a detailed account of the employment promises made to local East Londoners when the Summer Olympic Games 2012 were awarded to London, as well as an examination of how those promises had morphed into the Olympic Labor market jamboree from which local communities were excluded.
Regarding the global job market of London, this study provides a nuanced empirical view on how the world’s biggest mega event was experienced and endured in terms employment by its immediate hosts, in one of the UK’s poorest, most ethnically complex, and transient areas. The data has been collected through ethnographic observation and interviews with local residents, and expert interviews with the Olympic delivery professionals. Using Bourdieusian theory of contested capital, the findings provide an important bearing on the reproduction of inequality in the local labor markets of Olympic host cities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811505980
Publisher:	Palgrave Pivot
Publication date:	11/21/2019
Series:	Mega Event Planning
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dr. Niloufar Vadiati is research fellow at HafenCity University Hamburg, and consultant at Urbanistic Legacy GbR.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Mega-Events: Urban Duality.- Chapter 3 Olympic Games: Legacy versus Delivery.- Chapter 4 London versus East London.- Chapter 5 In Pursuit of Employment Legacy.- Chapter 6 The Career Trajectory of ‘Men of Delivery’.- Chapter 7 East Londoners as the Workforce for London 2012.- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Legacy Ambivalence.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Niloufar Vadiati’s book is a much appreciated contribution to the literature of mega events’ influence on the life of the local target groups. Her ethnographic study of the employment legacy for East London’s local neighborhoods brings the Olympic legacy rhetoric down to earth. The employment experiences at the Olympic locations is an under-researched topic. This study shows that career opportunities for the locals were limited, and for many out of reach.” (Prof. Jon Helge Lesjø, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)

“In focussing on employment and the Olympic “legacy” in east London, Niloufar Vadiati‘s book makes a distinctive and important contribution to the academic literature on the 2012 London Games and to the study of mega-events in general.” (Prof. Paul Watt, Birkbeck, University of London)