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The Olympic legacy : social scientific explorations

Title
The Olympic legacy : social scientific explorations / edited by Alan Tomlinson.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge : Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

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Description
xii, 153 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Contemporary issues in social science
Uniform Title
  • Contemporary social science.
  • Contemporary issues in social science (Academy of Social Sciences (Great Britain))
Subject
  • Olympics > History
  • Olympics > Political aspects
  • Olympics > Social aspects
  • Olympics > Economic aspects
  • Jeux olympiques > Histoire
  • Jeux olympiques > Aspect politique
  • Jeux olympiques > Aspect social
  • Jeux olympiques > Aspect économique
  • Olympics
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Chapters previously published in Contemporary social science, volume 9, issue 2 (June 2014).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Olympic legacies: recurrent rhetoric and harsh realities / Alan Tomlinson -- 2. The Beijing Olympics: complicit consumerism and the re-invention of citizenship / Steven Miles -- 3. The legacies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games: a bitter-sweet burden / Roy Panagiotopoulou -- 4. Making the Olympics work: interpreting diversity and inclusivity in employment and skills development pre-London 2012 / Lynn Minnaert -- 5. Training of Vancouver 2010 volunteers: a legacy opportunity? / Angela M. Benson, Tracey J. Dickson, F. Anne Terwiel and Deborah A. Blackman -- 6. Landscapes of London 2012: 'adiZones' and the production of (corporate) Olympic space / Francesca Weber-Newth -- 7. Legacies of 2012: putting women's boxing into discourse / Kath Woodward -- 8. London's shadow legacies: security and activism at the 2012 Olympics / Jules Boykoff and Pete Fussey -- 9. The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Brazils soft power / Bárbara Schausteck de Almeida, Wanderley Marchi Júnior and Elizabeth Pike.
ISBN
  • 1138940267
  • 9781138940260
OCLC
  • ocn911800717
  • 911800717
  • SCSB-1842104
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library