Olympic sport and the local community: a sociological study of Stratford, London

London 2012 was the 30th Olympiad, and the third time that London had hosted an Olympic Games. The rationale for hosting the Games was to undertake a large-scale regeneration of Stratford and the East London region. The research explored the experiences of community representatives who live and/or w...

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Main Author:	Helen M.L. Symons
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Published:	2017
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Olympics Sport mega-event Legacy Gentrification Community development Urban regeneration Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
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spelling	rr-article-96087292017-01-01T00:00:00Z Olympic sport and the local community: a sociological study of Stratford, London Helen M.L. Symons (7237394) Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Olympics Sport mega-event Legacy Gentrification Community development Urban regeneration Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified London 2012 was the 30th Olympiad, and the third time that London had hosted an Olympic Games. The rationale for hosting the Games was to undertake a large-scale regeneration of Stratford and the East London region. The research explored the experiences of community representatives who live and/or work in East London. The research was inductive and focused on the empirical findings of the research via a sociological lens. Three overarching research themes (urban regeneration, socioculturalism, governance and economics). The original contribution to knowledge relates to the limited amount of research previously conducted which take into account all three of these overarching themes. 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed alongside official documents and newspapers using narrative thematic analysis and critical discourse analysis. Two main findings emerged from the analysis; Marginal Gains and the Ripple Effect. It is recognised that the positivity found throughout the presented narratives may have been present due to the time period in which the research was undertaken. Future research should focus on whether the time period has an influence on the experiences of community representatives and whether similar (economic and governance) is experienced by future host cities. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Thesis 2134/25309 https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Olympic_sport_and_the_local_community_a_sociological_study_of_Stratford_London/9608729 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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description	London 2012 was the 30th Olympiad, and the third time that London had hosted an Olympic Games. The rationale for hosting the Games was to undertake a large-scale regeneration of Stratford and the East London region. The research explored the experiences of community representatives who live and/or work in East London. The research was inductive and focused on the empirical findings of the research via a sociological lens. Three overarching research themes (urban regeneration, socioculturalism, governance and economics). The original contribution to knowledge relates to the limited amount of research previously conducted which take into account all three of these overarching themes. 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed alongside official documents and newspapers using narrative thematic analysis and critical discourse analysis. Two main findings emerged from the analysis; Marginal Gains and the Ripple Effect. It is recognised that the positivity found throughout the presented narratives may have been present due to the time period in which the research was undertaken. Future research should focus on whether the time period has an influence on the experiences of community representatives and whether similar (economic and governance) is experienced by future host cities.
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title	Olympic sport and the local community: a sociological study of Stratford, London
title_short	Olympic sport and the local community: a sociological study of Stratford, London
title_full	Olympic sport and the local community: a sociological study of Stratford, London
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Olympic sport and the local community: a sociological study of Stratford, London

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