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The Olympic games : a social science perspective

This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000 Games; and preparations for Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games. The book is broad-ranging and independent 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 and media-related controversies.
eBook, English, ©2007
CABI Pub., Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, ©2007
History
1 online resource : illustrations
9781845933555, 9781845933463, 9780851998091, 1845933559, 184593346X, 0851998097
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Introduction: Studying the Olympic games
The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern games
The revival of the Olympic games
The modern Olympic phenomenon
Politics, nationalism, and the Olympic movement
The economics and financing of the games
The Olympics and the mass media
Doping and the Olympics
Women and the Olympic games
Case-studies of the summer Olympic games