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Rethinking Olympic legacy / Vassil Girginov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Girginov, Vassil, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 97.
- Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 97
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympics--Philosophy.
- Olympics.
- Olympics--Social aspects.
- Hosting of sporting events--Social aspects.
- Hosting of sporting events.
- Sports and state--Social aspects.
- Sports and state.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 215 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Contents:
- Untangling the link between the Olympics and legacy : an introduction
- Olympism, contentious politics and social change
- A resource perspective on the Olympics
- Leveraging Olympic resources
- Olympism in action : a capacity building perspective
- National sport organisations leveraging of the Olympics for capacity building
- The host country's higher education sector and the Olympics : interactions, resources and capacity development
- Olympic interactions, resource leveraging and capacity building in context : the cases of the British Paralympic Association, British Cycling and the Russian Figure Skating Federation
- Why rethinking Olympic legacy : conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138070691
- 1138070696
- OCLC:
- 1009182783
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