Leisure, Culture and the Olympic Games

This edited collection contains six refreshing critical assessments of the leisure – sport relationship from societies that have staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games and contains valuable information for those who live in societies that aspire to host the Games. This collection provides not just insight into the past and present effects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games but also offers readers the opportunity to reflect on and consider the impact of these sports mega-events on their everyday lives._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Leisure Studies.