The Olympic Games: A Social Science PerspectiveThis 2nd edition of a highly successful book (published in 2000) provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the Olympic Games using a multi-disciplinary social science approach. This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000 Games and their aftermath; and preparations for Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games. The book is broad-ranging and independent in its coverage, and includes the use of drugs, sex testing, accusations of power abuse among members of the IOC, the Games as a stage for political protest, media-related controversies, economic costs and benefits of the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities. |
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... issues and provide pointers to further study. The 'social science approach' was not intended to involve a heavily theoretical perspective, but rather to reflect the range ofinterests which observers with a social scientific outlook had ...
... issues and provide pointers to further study. The 'social science approach' was not intended to involve a heavily theoretical perspective, but rather to reflect the range ofinterests which observers with a social scientific outlook had ...
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... issues, such as the changing status of women, issues of race and community politics, and the costs and benefits of the Games, so that sociological and economic dimensions of historical events are often to the fore. Economic analysis of ...
... issues, such as the changing status of women, issues of race and community politics, and the costs and benefits of the Games, so that sociological and economic dimensions of historical events are often to the fore. Economic analysis of ...
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... issue in great depth: it seeks to pose questions, examine issues and provide the reader with information and sources for further reading and study. Paradigms Cutting across disciplinary categorisations areparadigms or ways ...
... issue in great depth: it seeks to pose questions, examine issues and provide the reader with information and sources for further reading and study. Paradigms Cutting across disciplinary categorisations areparadigms or ways ...
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... issues. Critical paradigm In research adopting the critical paradigm, analysis of the Games is set within a broader agenda or 'project' which is critical ofsociety from one or more perspectives. The Games and their organisers are then ...
... issues. Critical paradigm In research adopting the critical paradigm, analysis of the Games is set within a broader agenda or 'project' which is critical ofsociety from one or more perspectives. The Games and their organisers are then ...
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... issues of politics and nationalism , which permeate the Olympic phenomenon . While sport is widely promoted as being ' beyond politics ' , the chapter examines six different forms of political intervention in the Games , from ...
... issues of politics and nationalism , which permeate the Olympic phenomenon . While sport is widely promoted as being ' beyond politics ' , the chapter examines six different forms of political intervention in the Games , from ...
Contents
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3 The Revival of the Olympic Games | 26 |
4 The Modern Olympic Phenomenon | 41 |
5 Politics Nationalism and the Olympic Movement | 84 |
6 The Economics and Financing of the Games | 121 |
7 The Olympics and the Mass Media | 145 |
8 Doping and the Olympics | 168 |
9 Women and the Olympic Games | 194 |
10 Case Studies of the Summer Olympic Games | 222 |
11 The Future of the Olympic Games | 274 |
Websites Films Videos CDs DVDs | 288 |
References | 291 |
Index | 330 |
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The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective Kristine Toohey,Anthony James Veal Limited preview - 2007 |
The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective Kristine Toohey,Anthony James Veal No preview available - 2007 |
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