In this text, Olympic scholar John Lucas examines the issues and challenges that the Olympic Games will face through the year 2000. Lucas discusses the foundations of the Games, the major accomplishments of the Olympic Movement, and the challenges and immediate dangers facing the Movement. In addition, he offers specific suggestions for restructuring the Olympic Games. Sport historians and other sport social scientists, as well as Olympic Games administrators and sport enthusiasts, should appreciate the strong historical base and forward-looking perspective of this reference.
- ISBN10 0880116994
- ISBN13 9780880116992
- Publish Date March 1997 (first published July 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 June 2005
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Human Kinetics Publishers
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 248
- Language English