Rethinking Olympic Legacy

ISBN-13: 9781138070691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 215 str.

Vassil Girginov

Opis

This book shifts the focus from legacy as a retrospective concept concerned with what has been left behind after the Olympic Games to a prospective one, interested in the actions and interactions stimulated by them. It challenges our current understanding of legacy and reveals the potential of Olympism as a powerful catalyst for social change.

O autorze

Vassil Girginov is Reader in Sport Management and Development at Brunel University London and Visiting Professor at the Russian International Olympic University. His work is concerned with understanding the relationship between the Olympic Games and social change in various cultural and economic milieux. Girginov's most recent publications include: Olympic Studies (4-vol. set; Routledge, 2015), Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (2 vols; Routledge, 2012–2013), Sport Management Cultures (Routledge, 2011), and The Olympics: A Critical Reader (Routledge, 2010).