John Rennie Short

Gebundenes Buch

Hosting the Olympic Games

The Real Costs for Cities

Beschreibung

Written in an easily accessible style and format, it provides an in-depth critical analysis into the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s franchise model and offers an alternative vision for future Games. This book is an important contribution to understanding the consequences for the host cities of Olympic Games.

Autor

John Rennie Short is a Professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. His research interests include cities, history of cartography, and geopolitics. He has published widely in a range of journals and is the author of 47 books. His work has been translated into Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. His essays have appeared in Associated Press, Business Insider, Citiscope, City Metric, Market Watch, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, Quartz, Salon, Slate, Time, US News and World Report, Washington Post, and World Economic Forum.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781138549463
• ISBN-10: 1138549460
• Artikelnr.: 52527253