ISBN10: 0851998097, ISBN13: 9780851998091, [publisher: CABI Publishing, Wallingford] Softcover Paperback. 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 the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities. 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 0851998097, ISBN13: 9780851998091, [publisher: CABI Publishing] Softcover pp. 348
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 0851998097, ISBN13: 9780851998091, [publisher: CABI] Softcover 2007. Second. Paperback. Covers the Olympic phenomenon from political, economical and sociological perspectives, from its history and the media to commercialism and drug use. This book is a useful reading for researchers and students in leisure and sports studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KNSG; KNSH; KNSP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694. A Social Science Perspective. 368 pages, illustrations. Covers the Olympic phenomenon from political, economical and sociological perspectives, from its history and the media to commercialism and drug use. This book is a useful reading for researchers and students in leisure and sports studies. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KNSG; KNSH; KNSP. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight: 720. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 0851998097, ISBN13: 9780851998091, [publisher: CABI] Softcover 2007. Second. Paperback. Covers the Olympic phenomenon from political, economical and sociological perspectives, from its history and the media to commercialism and drug use. This book is a useful reading for researchers and students in leisure and sports studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KNSG; KNSH; KNSP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694. A Social Science Perspective. 368 pages, illustrations. Covers the Olympic phenomenon from political, economical and sociological perspectives, from its history and the media to commercialism and drug use. This book is a useful reading for researchers and students in leisure and sports studies. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KNSG; KNSH; KNSP. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight: 720. . . . . .
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