The Olympic Games and the Environment

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-31018-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

Reihe: Global Culture and Sport Series

This book examines the environmental credentials of Olympic Host cities and the opportunities afforded by hosting the Games towards the ecological modernization of the host nation by using perspectives offered by environmental sociology. It also sets out projections for the environmental legacy of London 2012.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karamichas, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Olympic Games: A Quintessentially Modern Project The Environmental Issue: Opposing Development and Progress Environmental Concern and Environmental Sociology: Parallel Developments Reflexive Modernisation: Connecting the Environment with Modernity and Modernisation Olympic Games and the Environment Olympic Games and Ecological Modernisation: Three Case Studies (Sydney, Athens, Beijing) London 2012: Evaluating the Prospects Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN KARAMICHAS Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast, UK. He has recently published articles on environmental politics and policy in the He has also published with Graeme Hayes