{"product_id":"olympic-aspirations","title":"Olympic Aspirations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOlympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised\u003c\/em\u003e surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement’s promotion of Olympic ideals internationally. The idea for \u003cem\u003eOlympic Aspirations \u003c\/em\u003eemerged at the world-renowned annual Beijing Academic Forum just months after the city hosted the impressive 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. One section of the Forum was devoted to the impact of the Olympic Movement on China and on China’s image in the world. The tone at times was too self-congratulatory for some present. The critical discussion that continued into late 2010 inspired this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOlympic Aspirations\u003c\/em\u003e is a companion volume to the well-received \u003cem\u003eOlympic Legacies: Intended and Unintended\u003c\/em\u003e and draws on expertise from academics in all parts of the world. Both volumes have a similar purpose: to record Olympic ideals achieved but more importantly, to stimulate reflection on those as yet unachieved. Both are constructive in approach, positive in tone and optimistic in attitude. \u003cem\u003eOlympic Aspirations\u003c\/em\u003e offers original and insightful arguments that address the actions the Olympic Movement has taken to improve the Games. It argues that these actions are as yet incomplete. In concert with \u003cem\u003eOlympic Legacies\u003c\/em\u003e, it presents two sides of the same coin minted to advance the purity of the Olympic 'coinage'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was originally published as a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of the History of Sport.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234176127320,"sku":"9780415525862","price":210.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415525862_b40d06ea-ec3e-4c09-a85b-392a07f661ff.jpg?v=1769686244","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/olympic-aspirations","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}