02671nam 2200565 450 991044631930332120220712094002.01-84593-355-9(CKB)1000000000480160(EBL)776577(SSID)ssj0000214445(PQKBManifestationID)11172289(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214445(PQKBWorkID)10157461(PQKB)11413238(MiAaPQ)EBC776577(EXLCZ)99100000000048016020070621h20072007 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Olympic games a social science perspective /Kristine Toohey and A.J. Veal2nd ed.Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;Cambridge, Massachusetts :CABI Pub.,[2007]©20071 online resource (362 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-21266-9 1-84593-346-X 9780851998091 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Studying the Olympic games -- The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern games -- The revival of the Olympic games -- The modern Olympic phenomenon -- Politics, nationalism, and the Olympic movement -- The economics and financing of the games -- The Olympics and the mass media -- Doping and the Olympics -- Women and the Olympic games -- Case-studies of the summer Olympic games -- The future of the Olympic games.This 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 thOlympicsSocial aspectsOlympicsHistoryElectronic books.OlympicsSocial aspects.OlympicsHistory.796.48Toohey Kristine523442Veal Anthony James523443MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446319303321The Olympic games2097959UNINA