Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games

ISBN-13: 9780815357278 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 182 str.

Reiche, Danyel (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Opis

The Olympic Games is undoubtedly the greatest sporting event in the world, with over 200 countries competing for success. This important new study of the Olympics investigates why some countries are more successful than others. It addresses the factors that determine a country's failure or success and discusses the theoretical concepts that explain why national sporting achievement has become a policy priority around the globe.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Definition of Success  3. Olympic Targets  4. Motives  5. Wealth  6. Population Size  7. Geography  8. Ideology  9. Promotion of Women  10. Institutionalization  11. Specialization  12. Early Learning  13.   Naturalization  14. Home Advantage  15. Conclusion

O autorze

Danyel Reiche is an Associate Professor for Comparative Politics at the American University of Beirut and a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard University Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS). He has also worked as a visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Foreign Services, Georgetown University, USA, and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, most recently in European Sports Management Quarterly, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Journal of Energy Policy, Sport in Society, Soccer & Society, and Third World Quarterly