Inside the Olympic industry :: power, politics, and activism /

"In a expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global Games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from recent host cities, bribery investigations and their ou...

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1. Verfasser: Lenskyj, Helen
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
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Zusammenfassung:"In a expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global Games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from recent host cities, bribery investigations and their outcomes, grassroots resistance movements, and the role of the mass media in the controversy. An accessible book about a complex subject that touches the hearts of sports fans everywhere, Inside the Olympic Industry is a behind-the-scenes look at the politics surrounding the choice of Sydney, Australia as host city for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.
ISBN:0585268843
9780585268842
0791491579
9780791491577