The Olympic Legacy: Social Scientific Explorations
Author:   Alan Tomlinson (University of Brighton, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138096868


Pages:   154
Publication Date:   07 June 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alan Tomlinson (University of Brighton, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138096868


ISBN 10:   1138096865
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   07 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Foreword: Bottling the Olympic Spirit 1. Olympic legacies: recurrent rhetoric and harsh realities 2. The Beijing Olympics: complicit consumerism and the re-invention of citizenship 3. The legacies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games: a bitter–sweet burden 4. Making the Olympics work: interpreting diversity and inclusivity in employment and skills development pre-London 2012 5. Training of Vancouver 2010 volunteers: a legacy opportunity? 6. Landscapes of London 2012: ‘adiZones’ and the production of (corporate) Olympic space 7. Legacies of 2012: putting women’s boxing into discourse 8. London’s shadow legacies: security and activism at the 2012 Olympics 9. The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Brazil’s soft power

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Alan Tomlinson is Professor of Leisure Studies, and Head of Doctoral Training, at the College of Arts and Humanities, University of Brighton, UK. He has authored and/or edited over 35 books on sport, leisure and popular culture, and written more than 100 journal articles and book chapters.

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