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Uses the Sydney Olympics as a prism through which to explore recent Olympic scandals, media coverage, reform efforts, and controversies.

Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach''s proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the best ever, the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real costs and impacts.

The Best Olympics Ever Social Impacts of Sydney

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    Publisher: State University Press of New York (SUNY)
    Publication Date: 7/18/2002 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780791454749, 978-0791454749
    ISBN10: 0791454746
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    Olympic and Paralympic games

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Uses the Sydney Olympics as a prism through which to explore recent Olympic scandals, media coverage, reform efforts, and controversies.

    Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach''s proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the best ever, the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real costs and impacts.

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