The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies

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A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers.    

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DAVID L. ANDREWS Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, USAHAZEL BLUNDEN Political Activist based in Sydney, AustraliaPHILIP BOYLE PhD candidate in the Sociology Department of the University of Alberta, CanadaANNE-MARIE BROUDEHOUX Associate Professor in the School of Design at the University of Quebec at Montreal, CanadaTONI BRUCE Associate Professor of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland, New ZealandKYLE S. BUNDS Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sport Management at Florida State University, USADIKAIA CHATZIEFSTATHIOU Reader in Olympic Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, UKBRYAN C. CLIFT Teaching Assistant in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, USA EGIDIO DANSERO Associate Professor in the Olympics and Mega Events Research Centre at the University of Turin, ItalyMARK DYRESON Professor of Kinesiology at Pennsylvania State University, USAMICHAEL D. GIARDINA Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Florida State University, USAKEITH GILBERT Professor in the School of Health and Bioscience at the University of East London, UKSTEVE GREENFIELD Professor in the Department of Academic Legal Studies at the University of Westminster, UKRICK GRUNEAU Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, CanadaMARK GOLDEN Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg, Canada IAN HENRY Professor of Leisure Policy and Management and Director of the Centre for Olympic Studies and Research at Loughborough University, UKJOHN HORNE Professor of Sport and Sociology at the University of Central Lancashire, UKMARK JAMES Reader in Law and Director of Salford Centre of Legal Research at Salford University, UKANDREW JENNINGS Freelance Writer and investigative reporter, based in the UKJENNIFER JONES Graduate student in the School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of the West of Scotland, UKJOHN KARAMICHAS Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast, UKBARBARA KEYS Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne, AustraliaDAVID CLAY LARGE Professor of History at Montana State University, USADAVID LUNT Adjunct Instructor in History at Southern Utah University, USA WOLFRAM MANZENREITER Assistant Professor in the Japanese Studies Division of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna, AustriaALFREDO MELA Professor in the Department of Urban Studies at the University of Turin, ItalyJENNIFER L. METZ Visiting Professor of American Studies and Sport Studies at the University of Iowa, USAANDY MIAH Professor of Ethics and Emerging Technologies and Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre at the University of Western Scotland, UK ROBERT NEUBAUER Masters student in Communication at Simon Fraser University, CanandaCHRISTINE O'BONSAWIN Assistant Professor the Department of History at the University of Victoria, CanadaGUY OSBORN Professor in the Department of Academic Legal Studies at the University of Westminster, UKGAVIN POYNTER Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of East London, UKTOBY RIDER PhD candidate in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario, CanadaIAN RITCHIE Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University, CanadaOTTO SCHANTZ Professor of Cultural Studies and the Head of the Department of Sport Science at the University of Koblenz-Landau, GermanyJAMIE SCHULTZ Assistant Professor in Physical Cultural Studies and Sport History at Pennsylvania State University, USACHRISTOPHER SHAW Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of British Columbia, CanadaTERRENCE TEIXEIRA Independent scholar, based in Toronto, Canada ALAN TOMLINSON Professor of Leisure Studies in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton, UK KEVIN WAMSLEY Professor the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, CanadaEMMA WENSING Independent scholar, based in AustraliaGARRY WHANNEL Professor of Media Cultures at the University of Bedfordshire, UK KONSTANTINOS ZERVAS did doctoral research on anti-Olympic movements in the Carnegie Faculty at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

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