The Olympic games : a social science perspective / Kristine Toohey, Griffith University, Australia and A.J. Veal, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
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- Olympics -- History
- Olympics -- Social aspects
- History and Biography
- Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000)
- Investment, Finance and Credit
- Communication and Mass Media
- Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
- Women
- Sport and Recreational Activities, (New March 2000)
- Human Toxicology and Poisoning, (New March 2000)
- Man
- Doping
- Drug abuse
- Finance
- Gender relations
- History
- Mass media
- Nationalism
- Olympic games
- Politics
- Sociology of sport
- Women
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This book looks at the past, present and future of the Olympic Games; and addresses various social issues concerning the Olympic Movement, including politics and nationalism, mass media, doping, the place of women, as well as the economics and financing of the Games. This second edition consists of 11 chapters and a subject index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Studying the Olympic games -- The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern games -- The revival of the Olympic games -- The modern Olympic phenomenon -- Politics, nationalism, and the Olympic movement -- The economics and financing of the games -- The Olympics and the mass media -- Doping and the Olympics -- Women and the Olympic games -- Case-studies of the summer Olympic games -- The future of the Olympic games.
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