Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies Globalization, Environment, Resistance
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceSociologyPolitical SciencePublic PolicySocial PolicySports & RecreationSociology of SportsScienceEnvironmental Science
2011Book
Author(s)Graeme Hayes
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230244177
LanguageEnglish
