The Olympic Games

Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction and Background Chapter 2. Olympic Resistance Chapter 3. 'Sport and Politics Don't Mix' Chapter 4. Olympic Industry Impacts Chapter 5. Reform: 'To Restore Reputation' Chapter 6. Athletes, Politics, and Protest Chapter 7. 'Educating Youth Through Sport' Chapter 8. Athletes' Rights, Athletes' Lives Chapter 9. Gender Policies: Challenges and Responses Chapter 10. The Olympics: 'Not a Welfare Program but a Business Venture'

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto. Her work as a researcher and activist on gender and sport issues began in the 1980s, and her critiques of the Olympic industry include Inside the Olympic Industry and Olympic Industry Resistance.

Zusammenfassung

Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Helen (University of Toronto Jefferson Lenskyj, Helen Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson (University of Toronto Lenskyj
• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781838677763
• ISBN: 978-1-83867-776-3
• Seiten: 266
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Gewicht: 287 g
• Serie: SocietyNow
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien