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A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, ´one-stop´ volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction; H.Lenskyj & S.Wagg PART I: THE MODERN OLYMPICS: PRE-HISTORY The Ancient Olympics and the Modern: Mirror and Mirage; M.Golden Pierre de Coubertin: Man and Myth; D.Chatziefstathiou PART II: THE OLYMPICS: CASE STUDIES The 1904 Olympic Games: Triumph or Nadir?; M.Dyreson & D.Lunt The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936; D.Large The Early Cold War Olympics, 1952-60: Political, Economic and Human Rights Dimensions; B.Keys The Winter Olympics: Geography is Destiny?; H.Lenskyj Olympic Tales from the East: Tokyo, 1964, Seoul, 1988 and Beijing, 2008; J.Horne & W.Manzenreiter The XXI Olympiad: Canada´s Claim or Montreal´s Gain? Political and Social Tensions Surrounding the 1976 Montreal Olympics; T.Teixeira A Gold Medal for the Market: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Reagan Era, and the Politics of Neoliberalism; R.Gruneau & R.Neubauer A Source of Crisis? Assessing Athens 2004; J.Karamichas Bringing the Mountains into the City: Legacy of the Winter Olympics, Turin 2006; E.Dansero & A.Mela The Social and Spatial Impacts of Olympic Image Construction: The Case of Beijing 2008; A.Broudehoux Living Lula´s Passion? The Politics of Rio 2016; B.Clift & D.Andrews PART III: THE OLYMPICS: DISCIPLINES The Making - and Unmaking? - of the Olympic Corporate Class; A.Tomlinson The Economics and Marketing of the Olympic Games from Bid Phase to Aftermath; C.Shaw The Rings and the Box: Television Spectacle and the Olympics; G.Whannel The Olympic Movement´s New Media Revolution: Monetization, Open Media and Intellectual Property; A.Miah & J.Jones Myth, Heritage and the Olympic Enterprise; T.Rider & K.Wamsley The Olympics, the Law and the Contradictions of Olympism; S.Greenfield, M.James & G.Osborn PART IV: THE OLYMPICS: POLITICAL ISSUES Tilting at Windmills: Olympic Politics and the Spectre of Amateurism; S.Wagg Celebrate Humanity: Cultural Citizenship and the Global Branding of ´Multiculturalism´; M.Giardina, J.Metz & K.Bunds The Paralympic Movement: Empowerment or Disempowerment for People with Disabilities?; O.Schantz & K.Gilbert The Olympics and the Environment; J.Karamichas Securing the Olympic Games: Exemplifications of Global Governance; P.Boyle The Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances in the Olympic Games: History and Critical Issues; I.Ritchie The Olympic Industry and Women: An Alternative Perspective; H.Lenskyj Disciplining Sex: ´Gender Verification´ Politics and Women´s Sport; J.Schultz The Love that Dare Not Speak its Name: Corruption and the Olympics; A.Jennings ´There Will Be No Law That Will Come Against Us´: A Foremost Episode of Indigenous Resistance and Activism Within Olympic History; C.O´Bonsawin The Olympics and Indigenous Peoples: Australia; T.Bruce & E.Wensing The Olympics of 2012: East London´s Renewal and Legacy; G.Poynter The Olympics Games and Housing; H.Blunden The Olympic Games and its Opponents; K.Zervas PART V: THE OLYMPICS: FOR AND AGAINST The Olympics: Why we Should Value Them; I.Henry The Case Against the Olympic Games: The Buck Stops with the IOC; H.Lenskyj Bibliography Index

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