Edited by Marie Delaplace and Pierre-Olaf Schut
Hosting the Olympic Games: Uncertainty, Debates, and
Controversy provides a broad and comprehensive analysis
of past Olympic and Paralympic events shedding critical
light on the future of the Games with a specific look at the
upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. It draws attention to the
debates and paradox that hosting the Games presents for
the contemporary city.
Including a variety of international and comparative case
studies from a range of contributing academics this will be
essential reading for students and researchers in the field
of Event studies as well as various disciplines including
Tourism, Heritage studies and Urban and Environmental
studies.
