| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International Olympic Committee -- Corrupt practices.
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International Olympic Committee. |
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Corruption. |
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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 -- Planning. |
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Olympics -- Economic aspects.
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Olympics -- Economic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lenskyj, Helen. Inside the Olympic industry. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000 0791447553 (DLC) 00020164 (OCoLC)43317734 |
| ISBN |
0585268843 (electronic book) |
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9780585268842 (electronic book) |
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0791447553 (hardback) |
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0791447561 (paperback) |
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