This book examines the environmental credentials of Olympic Host cities and the opportunities afforded by hosting the Games towards the ecological modernization of the host nation by using perspectives offered by environmental sociology. It also sets out projections for the environmental legacy of London 2012.

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Queen’s University, Belfast, UK

John Karamichas

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JOHN KARAMICHAS Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast, UK. He has recently published articles on environmental politics and policy in the Journal of Modern Greek Studies, South European Society and Politics, Mediterranean Politics, Human Ecology Review, and Environmental Politics. He has also published with Graeme Hayes, Olympics, Mega-Events and Civil Societies: Globalization, Environment, Resistance.

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Book Title: The Olympic Games and the Environment
Authors: John Karamichas
Series Title: Global Culture and Sport Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137297471
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22861-0Published: 11 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31018-0Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29747-1Published: 11 January 2013
Series ISSN: 2662-3404
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3412
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 242
Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Environmental Sociology, Cultural Studies, Environment, general, Popular Science in Sports

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