Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira is a professor at State University of Southwestern Bahia in Brazil, where she researches large-scale development projects. Her doctoral dissertation was awarded the 2012–2013 prize for best dissertation by the Brazilian National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Urban and Regional Planning.

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• Part 1: Production of Sports Spectacle on a Global Scale 1. Laying the Field: A Genealogy of Sport Spectacle 2. The Players and Their Strategies 3. The Rules of the Game Part 2: Production of Sports Spectacle on a Local Scale 4. Two Converging Fields: The Production of the City and the Production of Sport Spectacle 5. The Host of the Games: Playing to Win 6. Strength-of-Law: Institutional Ruptures and Realignments Linked to the Production of Sport Spectacle

Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira is a professor at State University of Southwestern Bahia in Brazil, where she researches large-scale development projects. Her doctoral dissertation was awarded the 2012–2013 prize for best dissertation by the Brazilian National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Urban and Regional Planning.

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• Part 1: Production of Sports Spectacle on a Global Scale 1. Laying the Field: A Genealogy of Sport Spectacle 2. The Players and Their Strategies 3. The Rules of the Game Part 2: Production of Sports Spectacle on a Local Scale 4. Two Converging Fields: The Production of the City and the Production of Sport Spectacle 5. The Host of the Games: Playing to Win 6. Strength-of-Law: Institutional Ruptures and Realignments Linked to the Production of Sport Spectacle