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Inside the Olympic industry : power, politics, and activism / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj ; foreword by Varda Burstyn. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lenskyj, Helen.
- Series:
- SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International Olympic Committee--Corrupt practices.
- International Olympic Committee.
- Olympics--Planning.
- Olympics.
- Olympics--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 216 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In a expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global Games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from recent host cities, bribery investigations and their outcomes, grassroots resistance movements, and the role of the mass media in the controversy. An accessible book about a complex subject that touches the hearts of sports fans everywhere, Inside the Olympic Industry is a behind-the-scenes look at the politics surrounding the choice of Sydney, Australia as host city for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Salt Lake City: the beginning
- The scandals unfold: a long history
- Olympic family solidarity: creative connotations
- Toronto and Sydney Olympic bids: when winners are losers
- The hidden costs: Olympic impacts and urban politics
- Up against the Olympic industry: international resistance
- Resistance in Atlanta and Sydney: bread, not circuses
- Corporate environmentalism: Olympic shades of green
- The mass media and the Olympic industry: manufacturing consent?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-7914-9157-9
- 0-585-26884-3
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