Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.
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The mass media: Olympic industry boosters and critics -- Police, protest, and Olympic legislation: "you've got to keep the buggers under control" -- Black and White Australia: reconciliation and Sydney 2000 -- "You can't share the spirit if you can't pay the rent": housing and homelessness in the Olympic City -- Olympic values, impacts, and issues: the real legacy -- Productive partnerships: corporatized Universities meet the Olympic industry -- " I'm not against the Olympics, but ... ": local and global resistance -- Bondi Beach volleyball stadium: the battlers lose the beach -- September 2000 in Melbourne and Sydney: democracy at risk.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Cet ouvrage, provocateur et stimulant, examine différents aspects des JO de Sydney 2000 sous un oeil critique : quels impacts sociaux et coûts réels? Une analyse sociologique qui prend le contrepied des rapports officiels. Annexes.
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Title
Best Olympics ever?.
International Standard Book Number
0791454746
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Olympic Games(27th :2000 :, Sydney, N.S.W.)
Jeux olympiques(27es :2000 :, Sydney, N.-G. du S.)
Jeux olympiques d'été., 27, 2000, Sydney.
Olympic Games.
Olympische Spiele.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Olympics-- Economic aspects-- Australia-- History.
Olympics-- Social aspects-- Australia-- History.
Jeux olympiques-- Aspect économique-- Australie-- Histoire.
Jeux olympiques-- Aspect social-- Australie-- Histoire.