| Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies: Globalization, Environment, Resistance 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Hayes, G. (Editor), Karamichas, J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230244173 ISBN-13: 9780230244177 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Sports & Recreation | Olympics & Paralympics |
| Dewey: 796.48 |
| LCCN: 2011043416 |
| Series: Global Culture and Sport |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (1.25 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |