Search Results for: The Palgrave Handbook Of Olympic Studies

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and polit

This handbook provides a critical assessment of contemporary issues that define the contours of the Paralympic Movement generally and the Paralympic Games more

This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, e

This book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at some of the issues, debates and controversies that have arisen

Analysing the politics of the 2012 London Olympics, Stephen Wagg examines the framing of London's bid to host the Games, arguments about the Games' likely impac