Funding and Organizing an Alternative

Stout, James

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8071-6_3

James Stout³

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This chapter looks at the mechanics of how Catalonia was able to not only organize but also pay for such a huge event in such a short period of time. Through tracing reported donations and fundraising as well as the formation of various organizing bodies, this chapter illustrates the importance of a national popular sporting infrastructure and an inter-national Popular Front in creating a games which placed Catalonia on an equal footing with nation states, thanks to the inter-national coalition behind it.

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Stout, J. (2020). Funding and Organizing an Alternative. In: The Popular Front and the Barcelona 1936 Popular Olympics. Mega Event Planning. Palgrave Pivot, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8071-6_3

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