Olympic Perspectives

Author : Stephan Wassong,Richard Baka,Janice Forsyth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781351856768

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Olympic Perspectives by Stephan Wassong,Richard Baka,Janice Forsyth Pdf

Historical research on the Olympic Movement is highly valuable as it displays processes of continuity and transformation by which knowledge building processes on the Olympic Movement, its structure and on Olympic sport can be expanded. The Olympic Movement can be addressed from multidisciplinary perspectives, including management, sociology, education, philosophy and history. This comprehensive collection examines the multifaceted profile of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement and presents new insights drawn from a variety of research projects. Historical and political dimensions of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement are addressed, along with educational, ethical, commercial and sociological perspectives. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Gerald P. Schaus,Stephen R. Wenn
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781554587797

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Onward to the Olympics by Gerald P. Schaus,Stephen R. Wenn Pdf

The Olympic Games have had two lives—the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games’ history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation ,or the troubling lack of it, by women. Onward to the Olympics bridges the historical divide between the ancient and the modern and concludes with a thought-provoking final essay that attempts to predict the future of the Olympics over the twenty-first century.

Author : P. Markula
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230233942

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Olympic Women and the Media by P. Markula Pdf

This book examines how women athletes were represented in international media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games. Through feminist theorizing and qualitative textual analysis, the contributors discuss sexualization, nationalism, success, failure and the [in]visibility of women athletes in newspaper reporting in Asia, Europe and the USA.

Author : Kristine Toohey,Anthony James Veal
Publisher : CABI
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845933463

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The Olympic Games by Kristine Toohey,Anthony James Veal Pdf

The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective presents a broad, multi-disciplinary account of all things Olympic from the relationship of the modern to the ancient games, to the possible future of the grandest of athletic spectacles. This extended new edition covers the Olympic phenomenon from political, economical and sociological perspectives, from its history and the media to commercialism and drug use. Its detailed analyses and extensive bibliography make it essential reading for researchers and students in leisure and sports studies.

Author : Gianluca Vernillo,Nicolas Coulmy,Gregoire P. Millet
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889459230

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Recent Evolutions and Perspectives in Olympic Winter Sports Performance: to PyeongChang and Beyond… by Gianluca Vernillo,Nicolas Coulmy,Gregoire P. Millet Pdf

An evidence-based scientific understanding of factors determining Olympic winter sports performance, recent changes, the evolution in training content and methods, the improvement in technology as well as the occurrence of injury and illness is required. On one hand, this would provide the opportunity to translate research to practice. On the other hand, to guide the practice of Olympic winter sports with the ultimate goal of improving the performance. Certainly, the continued evolution of Olympic winter sports has contributed to an enormous accumulation of knowledge, evidence, and relevant training technologies. Sports sciences, including physiology, conditioning, nutrition, biomechanics, coaching, psychology, as well as sport technology, history and social sciences, have much to contribute to the preparation of the athletes in the Olympic winter sports. Consequently, this Research Topic sought to provide a platform of contributions to set out a comprehensive framework of the components that should be addressed when developing training plans leading to elite Olympic winter sports performance. Overall, the papers were all directed toward a better understanding of physiological, biomechanical, and training factors related to different Olympic winter sports disciplines: cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, biathlon, Nordic combined, speed skating, snowboarding, and ski-cross.

Author : Robert Knight Barney,University of Western Ontario. Centre for Olympic Studies
Publisher : London : Centre for Olympic Studies, University of Western Ontario
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 077141918X

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Olympic Perspectives by Robert Knight Barney,University of Western Ontario. Centre for Olympic Studies Pdf

Author : Heather Dichter,Bruce Kidd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135706005

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Olympic Reform Ten Years Later by Heather Dichter,Bruce Kidd Pdf

In 1999, the International Olympic Committee approved far-reaching reforms to the appointment and terms of its members, the selection of host cities for the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games, the events on the Olympic Program, and the reporting of decisions and financial information. The reforms were initiated in response to the deep crises of legitimacy it faced because of the Salt Lake City doping scandal and ongoing accusations that it turned a blind eye to doping. This book assesses the implementation and effectiveness of those reforms ten years after. It draws upon the perspectives of Olympic scholars, Olympic athletes, and IOC members, including those who were directly involved in the reform process, and makes a number of recommendations about how the process of Olympic reform could be maintained and strengthened. As such, it provides an insightful and telling report card on the modern Olympic Movement in the first decade of the 21st century, and the presidency of Jacques Rogge. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Jules Boykoff
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781784780746

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Power Games by Jules Boykoff Pdf

The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins, through the Games' flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers' Games and Women's Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.

Author : Ramón Spaaij,Cindy Burleson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134904983

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The Olympic Movement and the Sport of Peacemaking by Ramón Spaaij,Cindy Burleson Pdf

Sport and peacemaking have evolved. It is no longer the case that the Olympic Games and war games exist in isolation from each other. Increasingly, policymakers, peacekeepers, athletes, development workers, presidents of nations and others combine forces in an "integrated" approach towards peace. This approach is located not only within the broader, historically evolved Olympic Movement but also in relation to a newly emerged social movement which promotes development and peace through sport. This book critically examines the ways in which this development is being played out at global, national and local levels, particularly in relation to the Olympic Movement and initiatives such as the biennial Olympic Truce Resolution. The volume constitutes a unique scholarly attempt to provide an in-depth comparative analysis of the sport of peacemaking in the context of the Olympic Movement. Through international comparison and empirically grounded case studies, the book provides an important new departure in the study of the social impact of the Olympic Movement and related peacemaking efforts. It discusses these issues from a range of academic disciplines, including history, sociology, political science, economics, geography, philosophy and international relations. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Heather Dichter,Bruce Kidd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135706074

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Olympic Reform Ten Years Later by Heather Dichter,Bruce Kidd Pdf

In 1999, the International Olympic Committee approved far-reaching reforms to the appointment and terms of its members, the selection of host cities for the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games, the events on the Olympic Program, and the reporting of decisions and financial information. The reforms were initiated in response to the deep crises of legitimacy it faced because of the Salt Lake City doping scandal and ongoing accusations that it turned a blind eye to doping. This book assesses the implementation and effectiveness of those reforms ten years after. It draws upon the perspectives of Olympic scholars, Olympic athletes, and IOC members, including those who were directly involved in the reform process, and makes a number of recommendations about how the process of Olympic reform could be maintained and strengthened. As such, it provides an insightful and telling report card on the modern Olympic Movement in the first decade of the 21st century, and the presidency of Jacques Rogge. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Thierry Terret
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317745792

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London, Europe and the Olympic Games by Thierry Terret Pdf

London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948. In addition, the Olympic Games went back to Europe in 2012 after a long period where (apart from Athens in 2004) they were held by cities in other continents. In London, the world watched the Games. Continental Europe, however, generated a particular attitude based on the special relations it had developed historically with England. At the crossing point of history, cultural studies and geopolitics, this book provides new insights on the significance of the Olympic Games. It considers that the Games are the right window to look at both the past and the current relations between England and its closest continental neighbours. It will be ideal for students and academics working in sport sciences, cultural history, political science and European studies; amateur and professional sports historians; Olympic followers and experts in Olympic studies. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Rory Magrath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000509168

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Athlete Activism by Rory Magrath Pdf

This book examines the phenomenon of athlete activism across all levels of sport, from elite and international sport, to collegiate and semi-pro, and asks what this tells us about the relationship between sport and wider society. With contributions from scholars around the world, the book presents a series of fascinating case studies, including the activism of world-famous athletes such as Serena Williams, Megan Rapinoe and Raheem Sterling. Covering a broad range of sports, from the National Football League (NFL) and Australian Rules, to fencing and the Olympic Games, the book sheds important light on some of the most important themes in the study of sport, including gender, power, racism, intersectionality and the rise of digital media. It also considers the financial impact on athletes when they take a stand and the psychological impact of activism and how that might relate to sports performance. It has never been the case that ‘sport and politics don’t mix’, and now, more than ever, the opposite is true. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the politics or sociology of sport, the politics of protest, social movements or media studies.

Author : Heather Lynne Reid,Michael W. Austin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813136486

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The Olympics and Philosophy by Heather Lynne Reid,Michael W. Austin Pdf

In 1973, Wilson Carey McWilliams (1933Ð2005) published The Idea of Fraternity in America, a groundbreaking book that argued for an alternative to AmericaÕs dominant philosophy of liberalism. This alternative tradition emphasized that community and fraternal bonds were as vital to the process of maintaining political liberty as was individual liberty. McWilliams expanded on this idea throughout his prolific career as a teacher, writer, and activist, promoting a unique definition of American democracy. In The Democratic Soul: A Wilson Carey McWilliams Reader, editors Patrick J. Deneen and Susan J. McWilliams, daughter of the famed intellectual, have assembled key essays, articles, reviews, and lectures that trace McWilliamsÕs evolution as a scholar and explain his often controversial views on education, religion, and literature. The book also showcases his thoughts and opinions on prominent twentieth-century figures such as George Orwell and Leo Strauss. The first comprehensive volume of Wilson Carey McWilliamsÕ collected writings, The Democratic Soul will be welcomed by scholars of political science and American political thought as a long-overdue contribution to the field.

Author : Stephan Wassong,Michael Heine,Rob Hess
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000708509

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Sport Development and Olympic Studies by Stephan Wassong,Michael Heine,Rob Hess Pdf

In 2017 the Olympic Studies Centre of the German Sport University organized a workshop on Sport Development and Olympic Studies. This book resulted from the presentations and discussions they engendered around identifying new international collaborative research fields and deepening research on the Olympics, the Olympic Movement and sport development. The effective application of the hermeneutical method unifies the chapters. The interpretive strengths of this method sharpen the analytical perspective of the chapters, with the strict requirements for the use of primary sources meaning that the contributors have conducted extensive archival research. Assuring thematic coherence, the studies assembled for this book focus on the analysis of processes of continuity, transformation, and development across four areas: sport institutions and their policies; commissions within and policies of governing bodies of sports; legacy discussions; and sport events within the summer and winter Olympic Games transformed into political and cultural spectacles. Bringing together experts in the field, Sport Development and Olympic Studies will be of great use to scholars of Sport Development, Sport History, The Olympics and Sport Sociology. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Kristine Toohey
Publisher : CABI
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845933555

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The Olympic Games by Kristine Toohey Pdf

This 2nd edition of a highly successful book (published in 2000) provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the Olympic Games using a multi-disciplinary social science approach. This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000 Games and their aftermath; and preparations for Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games. The book is broad-ranging and independent in its coverage, and includes the use of drugs, sex testing, accusations of power abuse among members of the IOC, the Games as a stage for political protest, media-related controversies, economic costs and benefits of the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities.