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"Stephen Wagg's book makes an invaluable contribution to the growing body of critical literature on the Olympic industry [...] it debunks Olympic industry hype and documents the damaging impacts on individuals and communities" Professor Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, University of Toronto, Canada
"The politics of sport are systemically exposed in this compelling analysis of the London Olympics. Writing within the critical Olympic Studies tradition that he has helped to establish, Stephen Wagg examines the Games from the bid phase to the post-2012 sporting and urban legacies that successive governments promised would arise from hosting the event. The author provides a sharply argued and accessible critique of the UK's political class and its collaboration with the Olympic industry in the staging of London 2012." Professor Gavin Poynter, University of East London, UK
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Book Title: The London Olympics of 2012
Book Subtitle: Politics, Promises and Legacy
Authors: Stephen Wagg
Series Title: Global Culture and Sport Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137326348
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32633-1Published: 27 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32634-8Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-3404
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3412
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 211
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Social Policy, Media Studies, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Cultural Policy and Politics, Popular Science in Sports