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Brazil's dance with the devil : the World Cup, the Olympics, and the fight for democracy

Summary: As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracanã Stadium to Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608464333 (e-book)
ISBN: 1608464334 (e-book)
ISBN: 1608463605 (paperback)
ISBN: 9781608463602 (paperback)
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Map of Brazil; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction Finding Michael Jackson in Rio; Chapter 1 Brazil: "A Country for Everyone"; Chapter 2 "There Is No Sin Below the Equator"; Chapter 3 Oh, Lula!; Chapter 4 Futebol: The Journey from Daring to Fear; Chapter 5 Killing Santa; Chapter 6 Neoliberal Trojan Horses and Sporting Shock Doctrines; Chapter 7 Target Favelas; Conclusion "FIFA-Quality Schools"; Notes; Index.