This 2nd edition of a highly successful book (published in 2000) provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the Olympic Games using a multi-disciplinary social science approach. This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000 Games and their aftermath; and preparations for Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games. The book is broad-ranging and independent in its coverage, and includes the use of drugs, sex testing, accusations of power abuse among members of the IOC, the Games as a stage for political protest, media-related controversies, economic costs and benefits of the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"A well-researched book that belongs in the forefront of the libraries of those who study the Games" Glynn A. Leyshon, on the first edition"
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Verlagsort
Wallingford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Gewebe-Einband
Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 164 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-84593-346-3 (9781845933463)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
is Adjunct Professor in the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism in the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and worked previously in the universities of Birmingham and North London. He is past president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) and of the UK Leisure Studies Association. His is author or joint author/ editor of a number of books, including: Leisure, Sport and Tourism, Politic, Policy and Planning (3rd edn, CABI, 2010); The Olympic Games; A Social Science Perspective (2nd edn, CABI, 2007); A Handbook of Leisure Studies (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006); Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism (3rd edn, FT/Prentice Hall, 2006); Free Time and Leisure Participation: International Perspectives (2nd edn, CABI, 2005); Australian Leisure (3rd edn, Longman, 2006); and Work and Leisure (Routledge, 2004); .
Autor*in
School of Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
1: Introduction: Studying the Olympic Games 2: The Ancient Olympics and their Relevance to the Modern Games 3: The Revival of the Olympic Games 4: The Modern Olympic Phenomenon 5: Politics, Nationalism and the Olympic Movement 6: The Economics and Financing of the Games 7: The Olympics and the Mass Media 8: Doping and the Olympics 9: Women and the Olympic Games 10: Case Studies of the Summer Olympic Games 11: The Future of the Olympic Games
