THE OLYMPIC GAMES : a critical approach.
Lenskyj, Helen.
THE OLYMPIC GAMES : a critical approach. - 1 online resource - SocietyNow .
Introduction and background -- Olympic resistance -- 'Sport and politics don't mix' -- Olympic industry impacts -- Reform: 'to restore reputation' -- Athletes, politics, and protest -- 'Educating youth through sport' -- Athletes' rights, athletes' lives -- Gender policies: challenges and responses -- The Olympics: 'not a welfare program but a business venture'.
"Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympics command public attention, while Olympic mythology obscures their underlying function as a profit-making business. Unlike terms such as 'Olympic movement' and 'Olympic family', the concept of 'Olympic industry' focuses on sport as an economic and political enterprise, with its beneficiaries including sponsors, media rights holders, developers, and politicians. negative impacts on host cities disproportionately threaten the lives and well-being of disadvantaged minorities. Citizens' Olympic resistance campaigns address a range of human rights abuses, while recent athlete activism also focuses on th doping problem and the sexual abuse of girls and women. Female athletes with 'differences of sexual development' face discriminatory gender policies that disqualify them from women's events. All of these issues are analysed through a feminist, anti-racist lens."--Back cover.
9781838677732 (electronic bk.) 1838677739 (electronic bk.) 9781838677756 (ePub ebook) 1838677755
9781838677756 Emerald Publishing
GBC020464 bnb
019704384 Uk
Olympics.
Olympics--Economic aspects.
Olympics--Philosophy.
Jeux olympiques.
Jeux olympiques--Aspect économique.
Jeux olympiques--Philosophie.
Olympics.
Olympics--Economic aspects.
Olympics--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
GV721.5 / .L46 2020
796.48
THE OLYMPIC GAMES : a critical approach. - 1 online resource - SocietyNow .
Introduction and background -- Olympic resistance -- 'Sport and politics don't mix' -- Olympic industry impacts -- Reform: 'to restore reputation' -- Athletes, politics, and protest -- 'Educating youth through sport' -- Athletes' rights, athletes' lives -- Gender policies: challenges and responses -- The Olympics: 'not a welfare program but a business venture'.
"Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympics command public attention, while Olympic mythology obscures their underlying function as a profit-making business. Unlike terms such as 'Olympic movement' and 'Olympic family', the concept of 'Olympic industry' focuses on sport as an economic and political enterprise, with its beneficiaries including sponsors, media rights holders, developers, and politicians. negative impacts on host cities disproportionately threaten the lives and well-being of disadvantaged minorities. Citizens' Olympic resistance campaigns address a range of human rights abuses, while recent athlete activism also focuses on th doping problem and the sexual abuse of girls and women. Female athletes with 'differences of sexual development' face discriminatory gender policies that disqualify them from women's events. All of these issues are analysed through a feminist, anti-racist lens."--Back cover.
9781838677732 (electronic bk.) 1838677739 (electronic bk.) 9781838677756 (ePub ebook) 1838677755
9781838677756 Emerald Publishing
GBC020464 bnb
019704384 Uk
Olympics.
Olympics--Economic aspects.
Olympics--Philosophy.
Jeux olympiques.
Jeux olympiques--Aspect économique.
Jeux olympiques--Philosophie.
Olympics.
Olympics--Economic aspects.
Olympics--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
GV721.5 / .L46 2020
796.48