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What Are the Olympics For?.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boykoff, Jules.
- Series:
- What Is It For?
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympic athletes.
- Olympics--History.
- Olympics.
- Professional sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- While attention is on Olympic triumphs and tribulations, there is much that goes on behind the scenes that is deeply troubling. Boykoff tells us that radical steps are required if the Games are to be fixed and only then will they be truly 'athletes first'.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. How Do the Olympics Work Today?
- The structure of the Olympic system
- The International Olympic Committee, its regulators, and the five-ring money shuffle
- 2. A Brief Political History of the Olympics
- Let the Games begin!
- Olympic politicization intensifies
- Anti-racism and the Games
- The Olympics pivot … and commercialize
- The Games go green
- 3. Problems with the Olympics
- Olympic-sized spending
- Displacement: forced eviction and gentrification
- Militarization of public space
- Greenwashing
- Democracy deficit and corruption
- Anti-Olympics activism
- 4. Can the Olympics Be Fixed?
- Olympic reform
- Charting change
- Continuous struggle
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781529230291
- 1529230292
- 9781529230307
- 1529230306
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