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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tom Tresser is a Chicago-based civic educator and public defender. He has spent 50 years doing grassroots democracy, community organizing, and work in the defence of public assets and services. He has started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises in the arts, community development, and civic engagement. In 2008 he co-founded Protect Our Parks, which successfully fought the privatization of Lincoln Park. In 2009 he was a co-leader of the No Games Chicago campaign to stop the 2016 Olympics from coming to Chicago. In 2013 he co-founded the CivicLab, America's first co-working and maker space for social justice. In 2016 he edited and published Chicago Is Not Broke: Funding the City We Deserve, which outlines $5 billion in progressive and sustainable annual revenue solutions for Chicago. Tom has taught community organizing, civic engagement, public policy, creativity, and nonprofit management classes at six Chicago universities.
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Contents Preface About the author Acknowledgements 1. How to Use This Book 2. Introduction 3. Background - The Olympics Are BIG Business 4. Chicago Makes Its Play 5 .What Was at Stake - Chicago Loves "Big Plans" 6. The Players - The International Olympic Committee 7. The Players - For the City 8. The Players - The Opposition 9 .The Battle for the Bid Begins - No Games Goes Public 10.What Did the Bid Actually Propose? 11.Insights and an Insider Drives Strategy and Tactics 12.The Research - What Was Learned 13.Tactics and Tools 14.Going Public, Part 2 - April Rally & March - No Games Meets the IOC 15.Going Public, Part 3 - Operation Cheese - No Games Goes to the IOC 16.Star Power and the Bid 17.No Games Grows on the Media 18.Arrogance, Missteps, Scandal, Attempted Bribes 19.Mayor Daley Must Sign the Blank Check - Aldermen Briefed in Secret - No Games Tells All 20.50 Wards in 50 Days and No Games Was There 21.Major Push for a Community Benefits Agreement - To What End? 22.Who Backed and Paid for the Bid? 23.Chicago 2016 Economic Impact Study a Work of Fiction 24.How's This for "Oversight" - Carrie Austin & Ed Burke 25.The Battle for the Bid's Last Days - A Flurry of City Activity - Whining & Whitewashing 26.Heading to Decision Day - Emailing the IOC 70 Days in a Row 27.The Tide Is Turned - Chicagoans Say "No Games!" 28.Going Public, Part 4 - A Protest at City Hall 29.Going Public, Part 5 - Operation Mermaid - What Happened in Copenhagen - The End of the Battle 30.Immediately After the Decision - The Media Get It Wrong Again 31.Did No Games Make a Difference? 32.Delusional Post-Mortems & No Mention of No Games 33.The Police Spied on No Games 34.The Pricey Legacy of the Bid 35.Post Battle Research - The Olympics Are Always Way Over Budget 36.The No Games Ripple Effect - No Games Organizer Deported 37.Lessons for the Future 38.Closing Thoughts 39.Strategic Playbook 40.Online Extras 41.Select Literature in the Field Index
Contents Preface About the author Acknowledgements 1. How to Use This Book 2. Introduction 3. Background - The Olympics Are BIG Business 4. Chicago Makes Its Play 5 .What Was at Stake - Chicago Loves "Big Plans" 6. The Players - The International Olympic Committee 7. The Players - For the City 8. The Players - The Opposition 9 .The Battle for the Bid Begins - No Games Goes Public 10.What Did the Bid Actually Propose? 11.Insights and an Insider Drives Strategy and Tactics 12.The Research - What Was Learned 13.Tactics and Tools 14.Going Public, Part 2 - April Rally & March - No Games Meets the IOC 15.Going Public, Part 3 - Operation Cheese - No Games Goes to the IOC 16.Star Power and the Bid 17.No Games Grows on the Media 18.Arrogance, Missteps, Scandal, Attempted Bribes 19.Mayor Daley Must Sign the Blank Check - Aldermen Briefed in Secret - No Games Tells All 20.50 Wards in 50 Days and No Games Was There 21.Major Push for a Community Benefits Agreement - To What End? 22.Who Backed and Paid for the Bid? 23.Chicago 2016 Economic Impact Study a Work of Fiction 24.How's This for "Oversight" - Carrie Austin & Ed Burke 25.The Battle for the Bid's Last Days - A Flurry of City Activity - Whining & Whitewashing 26.Heading to Decision Day - Emailing the IOC 70 Days in a Row 27.The Tide Is Turned - Chicagoans Say "No Games!" 28.Going Public, Part 4 - A Protest at City Hall 29.Going Public, Part 5 - Operation Mermaid - What Happened in Copenhagen - The End of the Battle 30.Immediately After the Decision - The Media Get It Wrong Again 31.Did No Games Make a Difference? 32.Delusional Post-Mortems & No Mention of No Games 33.The Police Spied on No Games 34.The Pricey Legacy of the Bid 35.Post Battle Research - The Olympics Are Always Way Over Budget 36.The No Games Ripple Effect - No Games Organizer Deported 37.Lessons for the Future 38.Closing Thoughts 39.Strategic Playbook 40.Online Extras 41.Select Literature in the Field Index
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