| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations |
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SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
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| Contents |
Salt Lake City the beginning -- The scandals unfold: a long history -- Olympic family solidarity: creative connotations -- Toronto and Sydney Olympic bids: when winners are losers -- The hidden costs: Olympic impacts and urban politics -- Up against the Olympic industry: international resistance -- Resistance in Atlanta and Sydney: bread, not circuses -- Corporate environmentalism: Olympic shades of green -- The mass media and the Olympic industry: manufacturing consent? |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
International Olympic Committee -- Corrupt practices
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International Olympic Committee |
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Comité international olympique -- Pratiques déloyales. |
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Olympics -- Planning.
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Olympics -- Economic aspects
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Olympics.
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Corruption
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Olympics -- Economic aspects
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Olympics -- Planning
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Olympische Spelen.
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Corruptie.
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Jeux olympiques -- Aspect économique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00020164 |
| ISBN |
0585268843 |
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9780585268842 |
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0791491579 |
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9780791491577 |
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