Every four years, the Winter Olympics become a focal point for activism and resistance. But in the modern era, mere bids to host the Games have sparked fierce opposition from groups motivated by local or global concerns. Russell Field edits a collection that charts the evolution of protest around the Winter Games and illuminates the issues at the heart of anti-Olympic activism. The essays collectively explore the shifting dynamics and power relations between the civic coalitions that pursue the Winter Olympics and the social movements that oppose their efforts. The contributors look at specific Games impacted by dissent and probe the issues that swirled around failed and withdrawn bids. In addition, contributions on the contemporary Olympics describe current or future bids while delving into the campaigns demanding host nations pay attention to economic, social, humanitarian, and environmental concerns. A first-of-its-kind collection, Winters of Discontent profiles the wide range of activists and social movements that have organized against the Winter Olympics.

Winters of Discontent: The Winter Olympics and a Half Century of Protest and Resistance (Sport and Society)

History

Field, Russell

Americas

University of Illinois Press

This book focuses on the major social and political forces that have shaped the ways in which sport has been understood, organized, and contested in an effort to engender social change. Integrating the history of international development with the history of modern sport, the authors examine the underpinnings of sport-for-development from the mid-19th through the early 21st centuries. Including both archival research and extensive interviews with more than 15 individuals who were central to the institutions and movements that shaped sport as a force for development, this book will be of particular interest to the growing number of scholars, students, practitioners, advocates and activists interested in the possibilities and limitations of sport-for-development.

The History and Politics of Sport-for-Development: Activists, Ideologues and Reformers (Global Culture and Sport Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Kidd, Bruce

Darnell, Simon C.

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

A Night at the Gardens: Class, Gender, and Respectability in 1930s Toronto

University of Toronto Press

Body Checks Team Tattoos: NHL

Somerville House

Game Face (NHL)

Children's Books

Somerville

Make-A-Play: Features 15 Plays and Practice Drills of the Nhl

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