| Description |
xxxi, 254 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Sport in the global society |
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Sport in the global society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Prologue: Guarantees of Global Goodwill: Post-Olympic Legacies -- Too Many Limping White Elephants? J. A. Mangan 2. Olympic Environmental Concerns as a Legacy of the Winter Games Jean-Loup Chappelet 3. The Albertville Winter Olympics: Unexpected Legacies -- Failed Expectations for Regional Economic Development Thierry Terret 4. Maximizing Olympic Impacts by Building Up Legacies Chris Gratton and Holger Preuss 5. The Seoul Olympics: Economic Miracle Meets the World Brian Bridges 6. The Sydney Olympics: Striving for Legacies -- Overcoming Short-Term Disappointments and Long-Term Deficiencies Kristine Toohey 7. The Athens Olympics: Optimistic Legacies -- Post-Olympic Assets and the Struggle for their Realization Penelope Kissoudi 8. Los Angeles is the Olympic City: Legacies of the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games Mark Dyreson and Matthew Llewellyn 9. Beijing Olympics Legacies: Certain Intentions and Certain and Uncertain Outcomes Dong Jinxia and J. A. Mangan 10. Olympic Legacies in the IOC's 'Celebrate Humanity' Campaign: Ancient or Modern? Joseph Maguire, Sarah Barnard, Katie Butler and Peter Golding 11. 'Legacy' as Managerial/Magical Discourse in Contemporary Olympic Affairs John J. MacAloon 12. The Regeneration Games: Commodities, Gifts and the Economics of London 2012 Iain Macrury and Gavin Poynter 13. A Sustainable Sports Legacy: Creating a Link between the London Olympics and Sports Participation Vassil Girginov and Laura Hills 14. Epilogue: Athletic Clashes of Civilizations or Bridges Over Cultural Divisions? The Olympic Games as Legacies and the Legacies of the Olympic Games Mark Dyreson |
| Subject |
Olympics -- Social aspects.
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Olympics -- History.
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Olympics -- Economic aspects.
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Olympics -- Political aspects.
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| Added Author |
Mangan, J. A.
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Dyreson, Mark, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9780415550161 |
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0415550165 |
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