Inside the Olympic Industry : Power, Politics, and Activism
Автор:Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Год: 2000 Издание:State University of New York Press Страниц: 216 ISBN: 0791447561 In a startling expos? of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global Games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from recent host cities, bribery investigations and their outcomes, grassroots resistance movements, and the role of the mass media in the controversy. A highly accessible book about a complex subject that touches the hearts of sports fans everywhere, Inside the Olympic Industry is a must-read, behind-the-scenes look at the politics surrounding the choice of Sydney, Australia as host city for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Издание на английском языке.
