Rethinking Olympic Legacy

Author : Vassil Girginov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781351629256

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Rethinking Olympic Legacy by Vassil Girginov Pdf

How do Olympic legacies come about? This book offers an alternative approach to the study of Olympic and mega-sport event legacy, challenging how legacy is conceptualised and practised. It shifts the focus from legacy as a retrospective concept concerned with what has been left behind after the Games, to a prospective one interested in actions and interactions stimulated by the Games. The book argues that creating Olympic legacy is a continuing four-stage process involving ‘investing’ (the accumulated common Olympic cultural capital), ‘interpelling’ (forming a trusteeship relationship where one party undertakes to change the capacity of another), ‘developing’ (ensuring participation in interactions and resource development) and ‘codifying’ (documenting, sharing and remembering legacies so they become cultural capital). It presents a developmental approach to the Olympics which involves vision, trustees and trusteeship and is concerned with capacity building at individual, organisational and societal levels. Thinking of Olympic legacy as capacity building allows seeing the goal of legacy as an embodiment of the aspirations of the Olympic Movement and the Games to introduce radical change in society by transforming its structure. Rethinking Olympic Legacy is essential reading for all students and scholars within an interest in the Olympics, as well as for administrators, policymakers and planners involved with mega-sport events.

Author : J A Mangan,Mark Dyreson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317966616

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Olympic Legacies: Intended and Unintended by J A Mangan,Mark Dyreson Pdf

For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant sporting event. Indeed, they deserve much credit for globalizing sport beyond the boundaries of the Anglo-American universe, where it originated, into broader global realms. By the 1930s, the Olympics had become a global mega-event that occupied the attention of the media, the interest of the public and the energies of nation-states. Since then, projected by television, funded by global capital and fattened by the desires of nations to garner international prestige, the Olympics have grown to gargantuan dimensions. In the course of its epic history, the Olympics have left numerous legacies, from unforgettable feats to monumental stadiums, from shining triumphs to searing tragedies, from the dazzling debuts on the world's stage of new cities and nations to notorious campaigns of national propaganda. The Olympics represent an essential component of modern global history. The Olympic movement itself has, since the 1990s, recognized and sought to shape its numerous legacies with mixed success as this book makes clear. It offers ground-breaking analyses of the power of Olympic legacies, positive and negative, and surveys the subject from Athens in 1896 to Beijing in 2008, and indeed beyond. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Spencer Harris,Mathew Dowling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781315523750

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Sport Participation and Olympic Legacies by Spencer Harris,Mathew Dowling Pdf

This book examines claims that the Olympic Games are a vehicle to inspire and increase mass sport participation. It focuses on the mass sport participation legacy of the most recent hosts of the summer Olympics, including Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, and Tokyo. It is organised by host city/country and applies an analytical framework to each, addressing the socio-political context that shapes sport policy, the key changes in sport policy, the structure and governance of community sport, the Olympic and Paralympic legacy, and the changes in mass sport participation before, during, and after the Games. The book is important reading for students, researchers, and policymakers working in sport governance, sport development or management, and the sport policy sector.

Author : Dikaia Chatziefstathiou,Borja García,Benoit Séguin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780429802645

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Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games by Dikaia Chatziefstathiou,Borja García,Benoit Séguin Pdf

This handbook offers an important and timely contribution to the interdisciplinary field of Olympic studies. It brings together for the first time in a single volume a complete analysis of current and future economic, commercial, socio-political, cultural and governance challenges facing both the Olympic and Paralympic Games, their athletes and institutions. The book presents new research and broad surveys exploring pressing debates, challenges and possible solutions surrounding the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games, across diverse socioeconomic and political contexts. Featuring chapters written by leading scholars, athletes and administrators from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, the handbook is divided into four main areas: athletes, business, governance and socio-cultural issues within the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Examining key themes, theories and new emerging issues within the field, the book offers expert insights into every major topic related to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, including doping, integrity, athletes’ rights, culture, nationality, sponsorship, branding, governance, sports policy and law, marketing, social media, technology, e-sports, politics, ethics, international relations, legacy and impact. The only up-to-date handbook to reflect the true breadth and depth of this international field of research, the Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a landmark publication for all students and scholars of sport studies, as well as those working in sport business, media, event management and administration, economics, marketing, management, politics, Olympic studies and cultural studies. It is also an important resource for sport management practitioners and sports officials.

Author : Graeme Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429882098

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Mega-Events by Graeme Evans Pdf

This book brings together different perspectives of mega-event bidding, hosting and legacies. Their impact is considered through an international range of mega-events in terms of land use, political and socio-economic change, and the placemaking processes that accompany these area-based regeneration projects. From city-regions that have not been successful or withdrawn from mega-event selection, to contemporary Olympic, Football World Cup and Expo host cities whose legacy is still unfolding, to event sites whose legacy is now established, the global appeal of the mega-event is apparent from this collection. The book interrogates the mega-event phenomenon in ten countries, from North and South America, and Australia, to Western and Eastern Europe. Drawing on their historical evolution and antecedents, and following recurrent themes of urban regeneration and resistance, the book highlights the importance of major events and festivals to the creation and marketing of place through branding and regional growth In considering a range of mega-events critically and in different national and geopolitical contexts, the book will be of interest to policy and decision-makers at local, regional, national and international levels, and will be of particular interest to professionals, scholars and students working in planning, urban studies, sport and leisure studies, and in event and festival management.

Author : Mathieu Winand,Christos Anagnostopoulos
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : SPORTS & RECREATION
ISBN : 9781786434821

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Research Handbook on Sport Governance by Mathieu Winand,Christos Anagnostopoulos Pdf

Sports governance has developed into a considerable field of research, and has piqued many researchers’ interest worldwide. What’s more, recent scandals that have affected the world of sport can be directly related to misgovernance. Research Handbook on Sport Governance aims to gather the state-of-the art research on sports governance. It offers a vital reference point for advancing research on the matter, while illustrating different approaches and perspectives, such as good governance principles, systemic governance, political governance and network governance.

Author : J. A. Mangan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2129 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Olympics
ISBN : OCLC:298178634

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Olympic Legacies by J. A. Mangan Pdf

Author : Jeroen Scheerder,Hanna Vehmas,Kobe Helsen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9783030533489

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The Rise and Size of the Fitness Industry in Europe by Jeroen Scheerder,Hanna Vehmas,Kobe Helsen Pdf

This book explores the rise, size and shape of the European fitness industry by using harmonised data as well as in-depth analyses of national surveys in fifteen European countries. Following an introduction to the socio-historical and conceptual aspects of fitness, the collection presents the scope of fitness as a business and participatory activity. Furthermore, both policy and governance issues as well as community and supply angles are considered. Drawing on this unique material, the book will appeal to students and scholars of sport business, sport economics, sport management, and social sport sciences, but also to administrators, policymakers and entrepreneurs in the international and national sport and health community.

Author : Agnes Elling,Jorid Hovden,Annelies Knoppers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351629522

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Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance by Agnes Elling,Jorid Hovden,Annelies Knoppers Pdf

Gender equality is one of the founding democratic principles of the EU. However, recent studies of the Federation of Olympic Sports in Europe have shown that women occupy only fourteen percent of decision-making positions in sport organizations. This book presents a comprehensive and comparative study of how various regions and countries of Europe have addressed this lack of gender diversity, discussing which strategies have brought about change and to what extent these changes have been successful. With contributions from leading sport sociologists, covering countries such as Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey and the UK, it provides a foundation for future policymaking, methodological analyses and theoretical developments that can result in sustainable gender equality in European sport governance. Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance is important reading for scholars and students in the fields of sociology of sport, sport management, sociology, gender studies and studies of organization, management and leadership. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers in the EU, as well as national sport organizations and activists.

Author : Alberto Testa,Anna Sergi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351971102

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Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer by Alberto Testa,Anna Sergi Pdf

Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach based mainly on Pierre Bourdieu's praxeology, the book demonstrates that corruption and the mafia presence in Italian soccer reflect the Italian socio-political and economic system itself. Supported by interviews with security agency officials, anticorruption organisations and antimafia organisations, and analysing empirical data obtained from a case study of 'Operation Dirty Soccer', this important study explains why mafia groups are involved in soccer, what the links are to political corruption and what might be done to control the problem. It also examines the mechanisms that make it possible for mafia groups and affiliates to enter the football industry and discusses how mafia groups exploit and corrupt Italian football. This is important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics working in the areas of sociology, criminology, policing, anthropology, the sociology of sport, sport deviance, sport management and organised crime. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners in the football industry.

Author : Jacqueline Kennelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317337010

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Olympic Exclusions by Jacqueline Kennelly Pdf

Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor. Yet little is known about the realities of marginalized young people living in host cities. Do they benefit from social housing and employment opportunities? Or do they fall victim to increased policing and evaporating social assistance? This book answers these questions through an original ethnographic study of young people living in the shadow of Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. Setting qualitative research alongside critical analysis of policy documents, bidding reports and media accounts, this study explores the tension between promises made and lived reality. Its eight chapters offer a rich and complex account of marginalized young people’s experiences as they navigate the possibilities and contradictions of living in an Olympic host city. Their stories illustrate the limits to the promises made by Olympic bidding and organizing committees and raise important questions about the ethics of public funding for such mega‐events. This book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Olympics, sport and social exclusion, and sport and politics, as well as for those working in the fields of youth studies, social policy and urban studies.

Author : John Gold,Margaret M Gold
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781040021422

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Olympic Cities by John Gold,Margaret M Gold Pdf

The first edition of Olympic Cities, published in 2007, provided a pioneering overview of the changing relationship between cities and the modern Olympic Games. This substantially revised and much enlarged fourth edition builds on the success of its predecessors. The first of its three parts provides overviews of the urban legacy of the four component Olympic festivals: the Summer Games; Winter Games; Cultural Olympiads; and the Paralympics. The second part comprises systematic surveys of six key aspects of activity involved in staging the Olympics and Paralympics: finance; sustainability; the creation of Olympic Villages; security; urban regeneration; and tourism. The final part consists of ten chronologically arranged portraits of host cities from 1960 to 2032, with complete coverage of the Summer Games of the twenty-first century. As controversy over the growing size and expense of the Olympics, with associated issues of democratic accountability and legacy, continues unabated, this book’s incisive and timely assessment of the Games’ development and the complex agendas that host cities attach to the event will be essential reading for a wide audience. This will include not just urban and sports historians, urban geographers, event managers, and city planners, but also anyone with an interest in the staging of mega-events and concerned with building a better understanding of the relationship between cities, sport, and culture.

Author : Gillian Evans
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0230313906

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London's Olympic Legacy by Gillian Evans Pdf

This book provides a unique perspective on the behind the scenes planning of London's Olympic legacy. The author had unprecedented access to the legacy organisations, institutions, and individuals involved with the 2012 Games. This has allowed her, in a highly accessible and engaging style, to capture a sense of the unfolding drama as attempts were made in London to harness the juggernaut of Olympic development, and its commercial imperative, to the broader cause of meaningful post-industrial regeneration in East London. The book argues that London will become the test-case city against which the legacies of all future Olympic Games, and other sporting mega-events, will be judged. The author provides the first in-depth case study of a mega-event legacy planning operation, and sets out a constructive conclusion, which details the lessons to be learnt from London's experience. Exploring the relationship between mega event planning, and post-industrial urban regeneration, this book will appeal to scholars across Sociology, Sport and Olympic studies, Anthropology, Urban Studies and Geography as well as policymakers and practitioners in urban and sport planning.

Author : Emmanuel J John
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9798324362829

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The Olympic Legacy by Emmanuel J John Pdf

THE OLYMPIC LEGACY: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETIC EVENT: A GUIDE TO PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC Explore the rich history of the Olympic Games, from ancient Greece to the modern era, in this comprehensive and insightful guide. "The Olympic Legacy" explore the fascinating story of the world's greatest athletic event, highlighting iconic moments, legendary athletes, and the evolution of the Games over time. With a focus on the historical significance and cultural impact of the Olympics, this ebook is a must-read for anyone interested in the Games. You'll discover: The ancient roots of the Olympics and their significance in Greek culture The modern Olympic movement and its development over the years The stories of iconic Olympic moments and athletes that shaped the Games The Olympic legacy and its impact on the world, including economic, social, and cultural effects From the birth of the Olympics in ancient Greece to the modern-day spectacle, this ebook takes you on a journey through the history of the Games. You'll learn about the key figures, events, and moments that have shaped the Olympics into what they are today. Whether you're a sports enthusiast, a history buff, or simply curious about the Olympic movement, "The Olympic Legacy" is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to understand the significance and excitement of the Olympic Games. This ebook is a thoughtful and engaging exploration of the Olympic legacy, making it a great read for anyone interested in sports, history, or culture. With its comprehensive and insightful approach, "The Olympic Legacy" is the perfect companion for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of the Olympic Games. So why wait? Buy your copy of "The Olympic Legacy" today and discover the fascinating history and cultural significance of the Olympic Games!

Author : Robert Oliver,John Lauermann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137598233

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Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space by Robert Oliver,John Lauermann Pdf

This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann show that bidding is often a politically strategic exercise, as planning ideas are recycled from one bid project to the next. As Olympic bids become more deeply embedded in urban development and bid teams engage in legacy planning, Oliver and Lauermann demonstrate that bid failure is rarely definitive and is often a desirable result. This volume adds a new and innovative perspective to Olympic Studies and mega-events more broadly, with appeal to a variety of other disciplines including geography, urban planning, spatial politics and sport and civic policy.