Future of the Olympic Games
Published on 1. May 1992
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-87322-357-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this text, Olympic scholar John Lucas examines the issues and challenges that the Olympic Games will face through the year 2000. Lucas discusses the foundations of the Games, the major accomplishments of the Olympic Movement, and the challenges and immediate dangers facing the Movement. In addition, he offers specific suggestions for restructuring the Olympic Games. Sport historians and other sport social scientists, as well as Olympic Games administrators and sport enthusiasts, should appreciate the strong historical base and forward-looking perspective of this reference.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87322-357-7 (9780873223577)
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Content
Chapter 1. Ancient Hellas and the Ether of Pierre de Coubertin. Chapter 2. Olympic Games Ideology Defined and Redefined Chapter 3. The Olympic Games as Metaphor: IOC Meeting, Tokyo 1990. Chapter 4. Nationalism and the Olympic Games. Chapter 5. The Olympic Games Programme, Testing Ground for Compromise and Survival. Chapter 6. The Olympic Games Are for the Athletes. Chapter 7. Olympic Entrepreneurship: The Search for the "Golden Mean". Chapter 8. Olympic Solidarity: Largesse Mixed With Unseen Problems. Chapter 9. Olympic Games Overkill. Chapter 10. The Olympic Drug Crisis: Seeking a Level Playing Field. Chapter 11. The High Tide of Olympic Criticism. Chapter 12. Women in the Olympic Movement: The 52 Percent Solution. Chapter 13. Samaranch's Presidency: A Hard Act to Follow. Chapter 14. Albertville and Barcelona Beckon: The 1992 Olympic Games. Chapter 15. The International Olympic Academy. Chapter 16. The Preservation of the Olympic Heritage. Chapter 17. The Centennial Year 1996. Chapter 18. The 21st-Century Olympic Games: Nothing Is Forever.