Books by Alan Tomlinson and Garry Whannel
“When it was published in 1984, it was pioneering to have a collection of essays by top scholars, looking at the commercialism of the Olympics and at the boycotts. It touched on subjects, although sometimes rather superficially, about which hardly anything had been written from a critical perspective.” Read more...
The best books on The Dark Side of the Olympics
Helen J Lenskyj, Social Scientist
Interviews where books by Alan Tomlinson and Garry Whannel were recommended
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The Politics of the Olympic Games
by Richard Espy -
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Five Ring Circus: Money, Power, and Politics at the Olympic Games
by Alan Tomlinson and Garry Whannel -
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The Lords of the Rings: Power, Money, and Drugs in the Modern Olympics
by Vyv Simson and Andrew Jennings -
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Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism
by Helen Jefferson Lenskyj -
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Hosting the Olympic Games: the Real Costs for Cities
by John Rennie Short
The best books on The Dark Side of the Olympics, recommended by Helen J Lenskyj
The best books on The Dark Side of the Olympics, recommended by Helen J Lenskyj
The Olympics are big business—but the extent to which they benefit their host cities is increasingly called into question. They’ve also long been enmired in political controversy. Here Helen J Lenskyj, the academic and anti-Olympics activist, discusses the malign influence of big business, and the inseparability of sport and politics, as she chooses her best books on the bad side of the Olympics.
