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1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: How to Use This Book -- Chapter 2: Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Background: The Olympics Are BIG Business -- Notes -- Reference List -- Chapter 4: Background: Chicago Makes Its Play -- Notes -- Reference List -- Chapter 5: What Was at Stake: Chicago Loves "Big Plans" -- Notes -- Reference List -- Chapter 6: The Players: The International Olympic Committee -- Notes -- Reference List |
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Chapter 7: The Players: For the City -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The Players: The Opposition -- Notes -- Chapter 9: The Battle for the Bid Begins: Going Public, Part 1 -- Notes -- Chapter 10: What Did the Bid Actually Propose? -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Insights and an Insider Drives Strategy and Tactics -- Notes -- Reference List -- Chapter 12: The Research: What Was Learned -- Notes -- Chapter 13: Tactics and Tools -- Messaging and Humor -- Resources -- Notes -- Chapter 14: Going Public, Part 2: April Rally and March -- No Games Meets the IOC -- No Games Meets With the IOC -- Notes -- Reference List |
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Chapter 15: Going Public, Part 3: Operation Cheese -- No Games Goes to the IOC -- Going to Switzerland -- Showing Up at The IOC Press Conference -- A Strange Encounter! -- Going Public at the Olympic Museum -- Taking No Games to the Palace Hotel -- Notes -- Chapter 16: Star Power and the Bid -- Notes -- Chapter 17: No Games Grows on the Media -- Notes -- Chapter 18: Arrogance, Missteps, Scandal, Attempted Bribes -- It Wouldn't Be a Chicago Thing Without a Few Scandals -- Attempted Bribery -- Notes -- Chapter 19: Mayor Daley Must Sign the Blank Check: Aldermen Briefed in Secret -- No Games Tells All |
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Notes -- Chapter 20: Fifty Wards in FIFTY Days and No Games Was There -- Notes -- Chapter 21: Major Push for a Community Benefits Agreement: To What End? -- Notes -- Chapter 22: Who Backed and Paid for the Bid? -- Notes -- Chapter 23: Chicago 2016 Economic Impact Study a Work of Fiction -- The Chicago 2016 Committee Studied Itself -- An Independent Economic Impact Study Appears -- Notes -- Chapter 24: How's This for "Oversight?": Carrie Austin and Ed Burke -- Notes -- Chapter 25: The Battle for the Bid's Last Days: A Flurry of City Activity -- Whining and Whitewashing -- Notes |
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Chapter 26: Heading to Decision Day: Emailing the IOC 70 Days in a Row -- Notes -- Chapter 27: The Tide Is Turned: Chicagoans Say "No Games!" -- Notes -- Chapter 28: Going Public, Part 4: A Protest at City Hall -- Notes -- Chapter 29: Going Public, Part 5: Operation Mermaid -- What Happened in Copenhagen -- The End of the Battle -- Tuesday -- September 29 -- Thursday -- October 1 -- Friday -- October 2 -- Decision Day -- Notes -- Chapter 30: Immediately After the Decision: The Media Gets It Wrong, Again -- Notes -- Chapter 31: Did No Games Make a Difference? -- Notes |
| Summary |
This book recounts the successful efforts of grassroots organization No Games Chicago to stop the 2016 Summer Olympics in a case study of local activism with international reach. Its strategies provide alternatives to tourism-centric megaprojects, addressing citizen governance, urban planning, and sports and economic development |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 32: Delusional Post-Mortems and No Mention of No Games |
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No Games Chicago (Organization)
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Olympic host city selection-2016
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Olympics-Political aspects-Illinois-Chicago
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Olympics-Economic aspects-Illinois-Chicago
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Community organization-Illinois-Chicago
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Chicago (Ill.)-Politics and government-21st century
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781040113653 |
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1040113656 |
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