Introduction, 1. Global capitalism and sport mega events, 2. Sport mega events: discourse x practice, 3. The socioeconomic consequences of the sport mega events ‘tour’ through the Global South, 4. Local impacts of global events: Porto Alegre and the 2014 World Cup, 5. Conclusions
Biography
Billy Graeff is Lecturer at the Federal University of Rio Grande in Brazil, where he teaches courses on the sociology of sports and Olympic studies. He is part of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), the International Olympic Academy Participants Association (IOAPA) and the Latin American Association of Sociocultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE). As a scholar-activist, Billy endeavours to connect his academic work to struggles around the world for social justice and human development.
