Tag: Andrew Zimbalist
Journal of Olympic Studies, Volume 2, 2021, Number 2
By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “Winning for Themselves, Not for Moscow”: Baltic Independence and the Olympic Games During the 1980s by Erin E. Redihan.
Journal of Olympic Studies, Volume 2, 2021, Number 1
By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Let Them Eat Games! A Review Essay of Barry Siegel’s Dreamers and Schemers by Sean Dinces.
Journal of Olympic Studies, Volume 1, 2020, Number 2
By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement.The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: SANCTIONED VIOLENCE: DEALING (WITH) DEATH IN ANCIENT GREEK ATHLETICS by David J. Lunt.
Handbook with several interesting contributions but not quite up to the competition
Harry Arne Solberg reviews The Oxford Handbook of Sport Economics in two volumes, The Economics of Sports and Economics Through Sports, edited by Stephen Shmanske and Leo H. Kahane.
Vem tjänar mest på stora internationella idrottsarrangemang? Svaret finns i ny bok om megaevents.
Harry Arne Solberg har läst en antologi som avslöjar vilka som tjänar mest på stora internationella idrottsarrangemang, ägarna av arrangemangen eller de lokala arrangörerna. Svaret finns i International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events av Wolfgang Maennig och Andrew Zimbalist.