Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies
Globalization, Environment, Resistance
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Social Policy, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780230359185 | |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | December 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780230359185 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | December 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This volume explores sporting mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value systems that they inscribe and draw on, the claims they make on us and the claims the organisers make for them, the spatial and ethical relationships they create, and the responses of civil societies to them.
This volume explores sporting mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value systems that they inscribe and draw on, the claims they make on us and the claims the organisers make for them, the spatial and ethical relationships they create, and the responses of civil societies to them.
