The Politics of the Olympics (eBook, ePUB)

A Survey
Redaktion: Bairner, Alan; Molnar, Gyozo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136963025
• Artikelnr.: 42976731

Autorenporträt

Alan Bairner, Gyozo Molnar

Inhaltsangabe

Map Summer and Winter Olympic Games Host Venues. Essays The Politics of the
Olympics: An Introduction Alan Bairner and Gyozo Molnar Olympic Power,
Olympic Politics: Behind the Scenes Helen Jefferson Lenskyj The Politics of
Hosting the Olympic Games John Horne Politics of Gender Through the
Olympics: The Changing Nature of Women's Involvement in the Olympics Susan
J. Brandy The Politics of Performance Enhancement in the Olympic Games Rob
Beamish Disability, Olympism and Paralympism P. David Howe The Olympics and
Terrorism David L. Andrews, Jaime Schultz and Michael L. Silk Berlin 1936
Christopher Young The Olympics and the Cold War: An Eastern European
Perspective Miklós Hadas The Olympics in the Post-Soviet Era: The Case of
the Two Koreas Jung Woo Lee Taiwanese Identities and the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games Ping-Chao Lee, Alan Bairner and Tien-Chin Tan A-Z Glossary
Alan Bairner and Gyozo Molnar