A CIDADE EM JOGO: EFEITOS SOCIAIS E URBANOS DAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS NAS COPAS DE 1950 E 2014

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to describe and analyze how the construction of sports equipment was carried out to meet the demands of mega sporting events, such as the Football World Cup and the Olympics. Thus, we seek to think about the results of public policies that aimed to establish new forms of sociability in urban space in the city of Rio de Janeiro to the detriment of mega-events. The hypothesis presented in this work is based on the idea that government rearrangements aimed to meet a demand from international capital, taking the city as a commodity. To do this, we start with a comparative analysis between the 1950 and 2014 World Cups. This article is inserted in the context of studies on the city, football and mega sporting events. Part of these studies demonstrate that the construction of sports arenas emerges as a tactic for producing new spaces of sociability under the control of a transnational entity, FIFA. The results are interference with the sovereignty of public policies, in urban, national and local spaces, generating a set of controversies between the effective demands of the population and the interest of international capital.