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The political economy of the Olympics - Misconceptions about sustainability

(Die politische Ökonomie der Olympischen Spiele - Missverständnisse über Nachhaltigkeit)

In the midst of the global coronavirus crisis, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government finally decided last month to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics until next year. The general public across the world may have different views on the Olympics - positive and negative, or simply indifference. But with regard to the Tokyo Games, there is a fair reason for not just postponing them but reconsidering their relevance and preferably cancelling them altogether. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the long-standing controversies surrounding the Tokyo Olympics, and it is indeed sustainability that is at stake.
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Schlagworte: Olympische Sommerspiele 2020 IOC Japan Organisation Organisierung Politik Sportpolitik Umwelt
Notationen: Organisationen und Veranstaltungen Leitung und Organisation Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften Sportgeschichte und Sportpolitik
Tagging: Coronavirus Nachhaltigkeit
Veröffentlicht in: The business of society
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Heft: 15.4.2020
Dokumentenarten: elektronische Publikation
Sprache: Englisch
Level: mittel