Host cities and the Olympics: an interactionist approach

Rather than interpreting the Olympics as primarily a sporting event of international or national significance, this book understands the Games as a civic project for the host city that serves as a catalyst for a variety of urban interests over a period of many years from the bidding phase through th...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Hiller, Harry H. 1942- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London [u.a.] Routledge 2014
Ausgabe:1. issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society 15
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Zusammenfassung:Rather than interpreting the Olympics as primarily a sporting event of international or national significance, this book understands the Games as a civic project for the host city that serves as a catalyst for a variety of urban interests over a period of many years from the bidding phase through the event itself. Traditional Olympic studies have tended to examine the Games from an outsider's perspective or as something experienced through the print media or television. In contrast, the focus presented here is on the dynamics within the host city understood as a community of interacting indivi
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xiii, 176 p. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780415522410
9780415535335