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The Olympic Games and the Environment
John Karamichas
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Description for The Olympic Games and the Environment
Paperback. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBS; JPQB; RN; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Global Culture and Sport Series
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349310180
SKU
V9781349310180
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About John Karamichas
JOHN KARAMICHAS Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast, UK. He has recently published articles on environmental politics and policy in the Journal of Modern Greek Studies, South European Society and Politics, Mediterranean Politics, Human Ecology Review, and Environmental Politics. He has also published with Graeme Hayes, Olympics, Mega-Events and Civil Societies: Globalization, Environment, Resistance.
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