"The Olympics: the Basics" is an accessible, contemporary introduction to the Olympic movement and Games. Chapters explain how the Olympics transcend sports, engaging us with a range of contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters, including: peace developm…
For decades, amateurism defined the ideals undergirding the Olympic Movement. No more. Today's Games present athletes who enjoy open corporate sponsorship and unabashedly compete for lucrative commercial endorsements. Matthew P. Llewellyn and John Gleaves analyze how this astoni…
The numbers are staggering : China spent 40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia 50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as 20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which w…
