Human Cost Of Olympic Games In Emerging Economies: Whitewashing Legacy And Invisible Labor
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Nihal Kumar, Jindal Global Law School, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India
ABSTRACT
The Olympic Games in the developing economies have become a complicated game of national pride, international show and in most cases unrealized human implications. The paper explores the so-called whitewashed legacies, whereby the outline of progress and development in which the Games are embedded dominates over the displacement, exclusion, and exploitation of vulnerable groups. It is also an important critique of how the Olympic ambition in developing countries often results in the annals of local histories, the trampling of dissent and the continuation of social inequalities, making the efforts and sacrifices made by millions of people disappear in the great story of athletic success and city regeneration. The paper presents the complex aspects of human cost in the hosting of the Olympic games in the emerging economies, which include forced eviction, exploitative labour, environmental destruction, and loss of cultural heritage. Moreover, it aims to reveal how these adverse effects are hidden or justified such as, the manipulation of media discourse, suppressing the critical voices, and the prioritization of economic benefits over the social welfare.
Keywords: Olympic Games, Emerging Economies, Human Rights, Social Justice, Urban Development.
