Future of the Olympic Games

by JohnA.Lucas (Author), JohnA.Lucas (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1992

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  In this text, Olympic scholar John Lucas examines the issues and challenges that the Olympic Games will face through the year 2000. Lucas discusses the foundations of the Games, the major accomplishments of the Olympic Movement, and the challenges and immediate dangers facing the Movement. In addition, he offers specific suggestions for restructuring the Olympic Games. Sport historians and other sport social scientists, as well as Olympic Games administrators and sport enthusiasts, should appreciate the strong historical base and forward-looking perspective of this reference.