How did the Olympics evolve into a multi-national phenomenon? How can the Olympics
help us to understand the relationship between sport and society? What will be the impact …

There is a disconnection between the top-down, elite, nature of sports mega-events and the
ostensible redistributive and participatory sustainable development agendas staked out by …

Urban Geography a comprehensive introduction to a variety of issues relating to
contemporary urban geography, including patterns and processes of urbanization, urban …

As a metaphor for the London Olympics, it could hardly be more stark. The much-derided
'Wenlock'Olympic mascot is now available in London Olympic stores dressed, no less, as a …

All post-9/11 Olympic Games and sport mega events deploy super-surveillance systems, as
a future security investment, albeit at the expense of rights and freedoms. This paper …