By John Horne,Garry Whannel
ISBN-10: 1138890243
ISBN-13: 9781138890244
ISBN-10: 1138890251
ISBN-13: 9781138890251
The Olympic video games is definitely the best carrying occasion on the earth, with billions of audience around the globe. How did the Olympics evolve into this multi-national phenomenon? How can the Olympics support us to appreciate the connection among activity and society? what is going to be the effect and legacy of the 2016 Olympics in Rio? Now in a completely revised and up-to-date re-creation that areas Rio 2016 within the foreground, Understanding the Olympics solutions a majority of these questions via exploring the social, cultural, political, historic and fiscal context of the video games.
This booklet offers the newest study at the Olympics, together with new fabric on legacy, sustainability and corruption, and introduces the reader to the entire key issues of latest Olympic experiences including:
- the background of the Olympics
- Olympic politics
- access and equity
- the Olympics and the media
- festival and spectacle
- the Olympic economic system
- urban development
- Olympic futures.
The latest and authoritative advent to the Olympic video games, this ebook incorporates a complete Olympic historical past timeline in addition to illustrations, details containers and ‘Olympic tales’ in each bankruptcy. Understanding the Olympics is vital studying for anyone with an curiosity within the Olympics or the broader courting among activity and society.
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