Sports & Recreation, Sports Psychology

Olympic Industry Resistance

Name: Olympic Industry Resistance
Author: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
ISBN: 9780791474792

by Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

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Synopsis

A critical look at the Olympics in the post-bribery, post 9/11 era, particularly at consequences for host cities and so-called "Olympic education" for schoolchildren.

About the Author, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She is the author of several books on the Olympic industry, including The Best Olympics Ever? Social Impacts of Sydney 2000 and Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism, both also published by SUNY Press.