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The Failure of the Maracanã Project in Rio de Janeiro

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The Games of Land Dispossession

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The FIFA announcement designating Brazil as the host country for the 2014 World Cup reignited interest in the longstanding idea of revitalizing the Maracanã stadium, located at the western fringe of the city’s downtown, and entrusting its management to private enterprises. However, this would involve the destruction of traditional sports and educational facilities around the stadium. This chapter aims to replicate the methodological procedures outlined in Chapter 1 and applied in previous chapters to examine the domination strategy utilized in the conflictive relationship between the redevelopment and anti-eviction coalitions. The primary objective is to comprehend the unique force–consent balance that characterizes this strategy, which is primarily evident in the significance attributed to each tactic used to implement the land clearance plans and their interrelationships. And to do so it delves into the meaning of these tactics through a detailed analysis of 15 interviews, 71 institutional documents, and 958 media files.

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Omena, E. (2023). The Failure of the Maracanã Project in Rio de Janeiro. In: The Games of Land Dispossession. Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7536-5_5

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