Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games volume one : making the games
The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world's greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of the 2012 Games from inception, through the successful bidding process and the planning and preparation p...
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Routledge
2013
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Social, political, economic and operational context of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games: an introduction / Vassil Girginov
- Part 2: Bidding for the Games
- 2. From 1908 to 2012: continuity and change in London Olympic narratives / John Horne
- 3. Preparing and winning the London bid / Guy Masterman
- Part 2: Delivering the Games
- 4. Materializing the vision of a 2012 London Olympic Games / Gillian Evans
- 5. From a prehistoric village to an Olympic Park site: transforming East London / Andrew B. Powell
- 6. The Olympic laws and the contradictions of promoting and preserving the Olympic ideas / Mark James and Guy Osborn
- 7. London 2012 legacy strategy: ambitions, promises and implementation plans / Mike Weed
- 8. Securing the games / Jon Coaffe and Pete Fussey
- 9. Preparing Team GB for London 2012 / Dave Collins and Andrew Cruickshank
- 10. Governance of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games / Vassil Girginov
- Part 3: Engaging the UK Public
- 11. Involving East London communities: the evocative Olympic Games and the emergence of a prospective 'legacy' / Iain MacRury
- 12. Regional involvement with the Olympic and Paralympic Games / Ian Jones
- 13. Involving schools: Get Set - a model for a more open approach to Olympic education? / Charlie Tims
- 14. Further and Higher Education involvement with the Olympic and Paralympic Games / Dikaia Chatziefstathiou
- 15. The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and torch relay / Beatriz Garcia
- 16. Volunteering for the Games / Geoff Nichols
- Part 4: Engaging Sports
- 17. National Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies of sport involvement with the Games / Vassil Girginov and Nick Rowe
- 18. Other sports providers and the Games / Mike Collins
- Part 5: London 2012 and the World's Participation
- 19. National elite sport policies in preparation for London 2012 / Barrie Houlihan, Jae-Woo Park and Mayumi Ya-Ya Yamamoto
- 20. London 2012 and the global South - an exploration: a case study of India's Olympic sport / Boria Majumdar
- 21. Beijing-London-Rio de Janeiro : a never-ending global competition / John R. Gold and Margaret M. Gold
- Part 6: Conclusion
- 22. Making the 2012 London Games: taking stock and looking forward to celebrating the Games / Vassil Girginov