The Olympic Games and the Environment

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

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The Olympic Games and the Environment John Karamichas

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The Olympic Games and the Environment

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Global Culture and Sport Series Editors: Stephen Wagg and David Andrews

Mahfoud Amara SPORT, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE ARAB WORLD Aaron Beacom INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT The New Mediators Mike Dennis and Jonathan Grix (editors) SPORT UNDER COMMUNISM Behind the East German ‘Miracle’ John Harris RUGBY UNION AND GLOBALIZATION An Odd-Shaped World Graeme Hayes and John Karamichas (editors) THE OLYMPICS, MEGA-EVENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETIES Globalization, Environment, Resistance John Karamichas THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE ENVIRONMENT Jonathan Long and Karl Spracklen (editors) SPORT AND CHALLENGES TO RACISM Roger Levermore and Aaron Beacom (editors) SPORT AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Pirkko Markula (editor) OLYMPIC WOMEN AND THE MEDIA International Perspectives Peter Millward THE GLOBAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Transnational Networks, Social Movements and Sport in the New Media Age

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