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Olympic Exclusions - Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,614
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Olympic Exclusions - Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies (Hardcover): Jacqueline Kennelly

Olympic Exclusions - Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies (Hardcover)

Jacqueline Kennelly

Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport

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Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor. Yet little is known about the realities of marginalized young people living in host cities. Do they benefit from social housing and employment opportunities? Or do they fall victim to increased policing and evaporating social assistance? This book answers these questions through an original ethnographic study of young people living in the shadow of Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. Setting qualitative research alongside critical analysis of policy documents, bidding reports and media accounts, this study explores the tension between promises made and lived reality. Its eight chapters offer a rich and complex account of marginalized young people's experiences as they navigate the possibilities and contradictions of living in an Olympic host city. Their stories illustrate the limits to the promises made by Olympic bidding and organizing committees and raise important questions about the ethics of public funding for such mega-events. This book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Olympics, sport and social exclusion, and sport and politics, as well as for those working in the fields of youth studies, social policy and urban studies.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
Release date: June 2016
First published: 2016
Authors: Jacqueline Kennelly
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-96015-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents
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LSN: 1-138-96015-2
Barcode: 9781138960152

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