Olympic politics : Athens to Atlanta, 1896-1996
Examines the politics behind 100 years of Olympic history, from Baron de Coubertin's revival of the Games to Atlanta in 1996. The author asks who holds power within it, how it is financed and how the business of bidding for the Games works. He then covers its recent history and future prospects.
Print Book, English, 1996
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1996
xv, 283 p. ; 23 cm (cased)
9780719044519, 0719044510
770774743
Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the revival of the Games; the primacy of politics in the Olympic movement; power and authority in the Olympic movement; financing the Games; bidding for the Games - the British experience; the Moscow Games of 1980; the Los Angeles Games of 1984; the Seoul Games of 1988; the Barcelona Games of 1992; South Africa and the Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996; the Olympics in the third millennium.