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Author : Richard Espy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520043954
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (439 download)
Download or read book The Politics of the Olympic Games written by Richard Espy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred Eric Senn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781492575467
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (754 download)
Download or read book Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games written by Alfred Eric Senn and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The e-book format allows readers to bookmark, highlight, and take notes throughout the text. When purchased through the HK site, access to the e-book is immediately granted when your order is received.
Author : Jules Boykoff
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 178478074X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Power Games written by Jules Boykoff and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins, through the Games' flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers' Games and Women's Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.
Author : Richard Espy
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520302257
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Politics of the Olympic Games written by Richard Espy and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can sports and politics mix? They can and do, according to the author of this study of the Olympic Games. Richard Espy's objective is to show how the organization of the Games reflects the structure of international politics. He focuses on four basic issues concerning the Olympic system during the post–World War II period: German participation; Chinese participation; South African and Rhodesia participation; and the role of sport federations, international organizations, and business interests in the Olympics. Espy discusses the relationship between the Olympic idea of international amity through sport competition and the reality of world affairs, how television has changed governmental views and use of the Olympic Games, and whether sports can be used legitimately as a political tool. He also recommends possible changes in the organizational structure of the event—or even the Olympic ideal itself—to help the Games achieve their intended result: an atmosphere of international good will. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979, followed by a paperback in 1981.
Author : Alan Bairner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136963022
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
Download or read book The Politics of the Olympics written by Alan Bairner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the ever increasing global significance of the Olympic Games, it has never been more topical to address the political issues that surround, influence and emanate from this quadrennial sporting mega event. In terms of the most recent evidence of the politics of the Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Games were riddled with political messages and content from the outset, and provided a global stage for protesters with numerous agendas. These included, to name but a few, proposed boycotts, potential terrorist attacks, the question of open media access, protests against China’s political practices and attempts to interrupt the ‘traditional’ torch rally. Essays in this collection focus on numerous political aspects of the Olympics from a variety of different perspectives, with a Glossary that contains a range of politically relevant entries relating to famous and infamous Olympic athletes, Olympic movement personnel and events and broader political issues and developments which have affected the modern Games. The purpose of this anthology is not to perpetuate hatred towards the concept and practices of Olympism or to regurgitate a ‘celebratory party line’. Instead, in addition to being informative, the book offers critical engagement with the Olympics by raising awareness of the movement’s political significance. Consequently, the essays in this anthology illustrate the strong but changing links between the modern Olympic Games and politics, in general, and address and discuss the key political aspects and issues with regard to the Games themselves, to national and international sport organisations and to specific countries’ attitudes to (ab)using the idea/ideal of the Olympics for their own political ends.
Author : Christopher R. Hill
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719037924
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Olympic Politics written by Christopher R. Hill and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Espy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520037779
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (377 download)
Download or read book The Politics of the Olympic Games written by Richard Espy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centers on such issues as German and Chinese recognition, South African and Rhodesian participation, sport federations, and business interests to probe the relationship between the Olympics and international politics during the era following World War II
Author : John Peter Sugden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415578337
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Watching the Olympics written by John Peter Sugden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the Olympic spectacle, from the multi-media bidding process and the branding and imaging of the Games, to security, surveillance and control of the Olympic product across all of its levels. Contributors argue that the process of commercialization, directed by the IOC itself, has enabled audiences to interpret its traditional objects in non-reverential ways and to develop oppositional interpretations of Olympism. The Olympics have become multi-voiced and many themed, and the spectacle of the contemporary Games raises important questions about institutionalization, the doctrine of individualism, the advance of market capitalism, performance, consumption and the consolidation of global society. With particular focus on the London Games in 2012, the book casts a critical eye over the bidding process, Olympic finance, promises of legacy and development, and the consequences of hosting the Games for the civil rights and liberties of those living in their shadow. --From publisher description.
Author : Richard W. Pound
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780470838709
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Inside the Olympics written by Richard W. Pound and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The only man who could have written this book has done it with candor and style. A lucid and penetrating look at the five-ringed world, filled with Dick Pound's customary insight, frankness and wit. Inside the Olympics wins gold, silver and bronze." - John Powers, Boston Globe Every two years, world attention turns to the Olympic Games for a few short weeks, in a celebration of athletic excellence, competition, and national pride. But in recent years, the Olympic ideal has also been tainted by scandals, greed, and corruption-from bribery, to doing, cheating, politics, and exploitation. Never shy of the issues, Dick Pound reveals the full inside story-both good and bad-of the Games. An Olympian himself, and long-time IOC insider, Pound sheds a bright light on many controversial events and issues surrounding the Olympics, including the conduct of IOC officials, and the doping scandals that he considers the greatest threat to sports today. He also offers a fascinating look at negotiations in the high-stake worlds of television rights and corporate sponsorships, and at the politics, backstabbing, and intrigues that take place behind the scenes in the world of international sports. At times damning, at others prescriptive, sometimes amusing, but always honest and insightful, Inside the Olympics gives a rare personal view on the business, the personalities, the ideals, and the organization behind the world's greatest sporting event.
Author : David B Kanin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429724314
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book A Political History Of The Olympic Games written by David B Kanin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turmoil surrounding the 1980 Olympic Games, says the author, was nothing new--it was merely the most recent, and most complex, manifestation of the political content of modern sport. Despite the mythology perpetrated by Olympic publicists, the modern Olympic Games were founded with expressly political goals in mind and continue to thrive on tie
Author : Paul Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Jews and the Olympic Games written by Paul Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the unusually rich collection of stories that make up the history of the Jews at the Olympic Games, this work shows how many of the athletes fought battles both on and off the running track and how the personal drama and enduring humanity of their stories goes beyond sport and embraces politics, heroism, and resilience. From the first Olympics in Athens in 1896 through to the disasters and triumphs of Munich 1972 and beyond, Jews and the Olympic Games, which features a list of the more than 250 Jewish medalists, is a powerful account of the conflict between sport and politics.
Author : Wayne Wilson
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 9780736003292
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Doping in Elite Sport written by Wayne Wilson and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2001 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a 1998 conference sponsored by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, 11 studies cover the science of doping and testing; its history, ethics, and social context; and its politics. Among them are a comparison of how Canada, Russia, and China have responded to doping scandals involving their athletes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Thomas M. Hunt
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292739575
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Drug Games written by Thomas M. Hunt and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. His death hours later led to rumors that performance-enhancing drugs were in his system. Though certainly not the first instance of doping in the Olympic Games, Jensen's death serves as the starting point for Thomas M. Hunt's thoroughly researched, chronological history of the modern relationship of doping to the Olympics. Utilizing concepts derived from international relations theory, diplomatic history, and administrative law, this work connects the issue to global political relations. During the Cold War, national governments had little reason to support effective anti-doping controls in the Olympics. Both the United States and the Soviet Union conceptualized power in sport as a means of impressing both friends and rivals abroad. The resulting medals race motivated nations on both sides of the Iron Curtain to allow drug regulatory powers to remain with private sport authorities. Given the costs involved in testing and the repercussions of drug scandals, these authorities tried to avoid the issue whenever possible. But toward the end of the Cold War, governments became more involved in the issue of testing. Having historically been a combined scientific, ethical, and political dilemma, obstacles to the elimination of doping in the Olympics are becoming less restrained by political inertia.
Author : Lu Zhouxiang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351181467
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Olympics in Conflict written by Lu Zhouxiang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second half of the twentieth century, the Olympics played an important role in the politics of the Cold War and was part of the conflicts between the Capitalist Block, the Socialist Block and Third World countries. The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) is one of the best examples of the politicization of sport and the Olympics in the Cold War era. From the 1980s onward, the Olympics has facilitated communication and cooperation between nations in the post–Cold War era and contributed to the formation of a new world order. In August 2016, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad were held in Rio de Janeiro, making Brazil the first South American country to host the Summer Olympics. This was widely regarded as a new landmark event in the history of the modern Olympic movement. From the GANEFO to Rio, the Olympic Games have witnessed the shifting balance in international politics and world economy. This book aims at understanding the transformation of the Olympics over the past decades and tries to explain how the Olympic movement played its part in world politics, the world economy and international relations against the background of the rise of developing countries. The chapters in this book were published as a special issue in The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Author : Jules Boykoff
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784780731
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Power Games written by Jules Boykoff and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic Games The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event’s nineteenth-century origins, through the Games’ flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers’ Games and Women’s Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.
Author : Helen Lenskyj
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791447550
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Inside the Olympic Industry written by Helen Lenskyj and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-07-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis from the perspective of those adversely affected by the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of hosting an Olympic Games.
Author : H. Lenskyj
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113729115X
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry written by H. Lenskyj and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalization of athletes on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.
