To Bid or Not to Bid: The Public Opinion Battle in Potential Host Cities
Harry Hiller
Pr. Harry Hiller, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary – Canada
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CITIZEN’S PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC BIDS
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Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
This symposium aims at analysing the role of citizens in the definitions of public policies regarding Mega-Sports Events (MSE) and more precisely the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Protest movements are increasingly developing against states and cities’ bids to host such events. Yet it is also becoming increasingly common for organizers – and their political leaders – to set up participatory or direct democracy apparatuses to involve citizens in public decisions, in order to make it more attractive and socially acceptable to host them. This scientific gathering revolves around two themes: “Strategies to conquer publics” and “protest movements” that emerge on the occasion of MSE and in particular Olympic and Paralympic Games. This symposium is held by the research unit “Sport and social sciences” of the University of Strasbourg, in relation to the Initiative of Excellence (IdEx) “Citizen’s participation in European bids to host 2024 OPG” led between 2018 and 2020 by Michel Koebel and whose purpose is to analyse the socio-political construction of protests fronts against 2024 Olympic bids in Europe through a study of four cities (France, Germany, Hungary and Italy). Some results of this research program will be presented on this particular occasion.
Producteur : Université de Strasbourg
Réalisateur : Université de Strasbourg
Opening
Welcome and opening remarks
Catherine Florentz
Vice-présidente recherche et formation doctorale
Michel Koebel
Pr. Catherine Florentz, Vice-president Research and Doctoral Training, University of Strasbourg
Pr. Michel Koebel, “Sport and social sciences” research unit, University of Strasbourg – France
Morning
To Bid or Not to Bid: The Public Opinion Battle in Potential Host Cities
Harry Hiller
Pr. Harry Hiller, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary – Canada
Local opposition to the organization of Olympic Games. Paris, Rome and Hamburg 2024 bids
Hugo Bourbillères
William Gasparini
Michel Koebel
Dr. Hugo Bourbillères, Lecturer at the laboratory « Violences Innovations Politiques Socialisations et Sport » (UR 4636) of the University of Rennes 2 – France
Pr. William Gasparini, European Jean Monnet Chair, “Sport and social sciences” research unit, University of Strasbourg – France Pr. Michel Koebel, “Sport and social sciences” research unit, University of Strasbourg – France
Comparative synthesis by Dr. Hugo Bourbillères, Lecturer at the laboratory « Violences Innovations Politiques Socialisations et Sport » (UR 4636) of the University of Rennes 2 – France
Stakes and effects of referendums and opinion survey on Olympic bids
Wolfgang Maennig
Pr. Dr. Wolfgang Maennig, Pr. Wolfgang Maennig, Department of Economics, University of Hamburg - Germany
Afternoon
Popular demonstrations at mega-sporting events in Brazil: from popular demand to political use
César Castilho
Dr. César Castilho, Postdoctoral fellow at the Federal University of Paraná, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais (FCMMG) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG) - Brazil
Affirmation and Opposition on Olympic bids 2016 in local sports associations and sport clubs. Three case studies from the largest clubs of Hamburg
Hans-Jürgen Schulke
Pr. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schulke, Macromédia Shool, Hambourg – Allemagne
No Boston Olympics' Role in an Informal International Network of Olympic Bid Opponents
Chris Dempsey
The testimony of Chris Dempsey, co-founder of "No Boston Olympics" – USA
Closing conference
Nicola Porro
Pr. Nicola Porro, Department of Human, Social and Health Sciences, University of Cassino and South Lazio - Italy