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" Inside the Olympic industry : "
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj ; foreword by Varda Burstyn.
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BL
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702625
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b524814
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| Main Entry
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Lenskyj, Helen.
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| Title & Author
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Inside the Olympic industry : : power, politics, and activism /\ Helen Jefferson Lenskyj ; foreword by Varda Burstyn.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, c2000.
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations
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xxi, 216 p. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0791447553 (cl.)
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: 0791447561 (pbk.)
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: 9780791447550 (cl.)
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: 9780791447567 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
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| Contents
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Salt Lake City: the beginning -- The scandals unfold: a long history -- Olympic family solidarity: creative connotations -- Toronto and Sydney Olympic bids: when winners are losers -- The hidden costs: Olympic impacts and urban politics -- Up against the Olympic industry: international resistance -- Resistance in Atlanta and Sydney: bread, not circuses -- Corporate environmentalism: Olympic shades of green -- The mass media and the Olympic industry: manufacturing consent?
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| Abstract
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"In a expose 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. An accessible book about a complex subject that touches the hearts of sports fans everywhere, Inside the Olympic Industry is a behind-the-scenes look at the politics surrounding the choice of Sydney, Australia as host city for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games."--BOOK JACKET.
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International Olympic Committee-- Corrupt practices.
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Olympics-- Economic aspects.
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Olympics-- Planning.
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GV721.5.L42 2000
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