Stephen Wagg 
The London Olympics of 2012 [PDF ebook] 
Politics, Promises and Legacy

支持

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 impact and the establishment of ‘Fortress London’ to protect the Games. The book asks who won, and who lost out, in this important event as well as exploring its media coverage and legacy.

€53.49
支付方式

表中的内容

‘1. The Contemporary Olympic Games – Commercial Juggernaut or the Price of Progress?
2. The Games Come to London
3. ”It remains unclear how local people will benefit…”: Post-Bid, Pre-Games – Prognostication and Protest
4. Looking for Inspiration: The Politics of the Olympic Flame at London 2012
5. ”Isambard Kingdom Brunel Wasn”t Marxist”: The Opening Ceremony of London 2012
6. ”Just Put Down the Pepsi…”: London 2012 and the Corporations
7. How Good Does That Feel? London 2012: Media and Celebrity
8. Islands of Gentrification? London 2012, Politics and Legacy
                               

关于作者

Stephen Wagg is a professor in the Carnegie Faculty of Leeds Beckett University, UK and has written widely on the politics of sport. With Helen Jefferson Lenskyj he edited
The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies (2012). His other recent books include
Sounds and the City (edited with Brett Lashua and Karl Spracklen, Palgrave, 2014),
Thatcher’s Grandchildren (edited with Jane Pilcher, Palgrave, 2014) and
An Introduction to Leisure Studies (with Peter Bramham, 2014).

购买此电子书可免费获赠一本!
语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● 网页 211 ● ISBN 9781137326348 ● 文件大小 1.6 MB ● 出版者 Palgrave Macmillan UK ● 市 London ● 国家 GB ● 发布时间 2016 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 4562964 ● 复制保护 社会DRM

来自同一作者的更多电子书 / 编辑

4,074 此类电子书