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The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy

The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy

Garcia, Beatriz

Paperback

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Sports GeneralOlympics & ParalympicsGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138807443
ISBN13: 9781138807440
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 19 2014
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book explores how cultural policies are reflected in the design, management and promotion of the Olympic Games. Garcia examines the concept and evolution of cultural policies throughout the recent history of the Olympic Games and then specifically evaluates the cultural program of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She argues that the cultural relevance of a major event is highly dependent on the consistency of the policy choices informing its cultural dimensions, and demonstrates how such events frequently fail to leave long-term cultural legacies, and are often unable to provide an experience that fully engages and represents the host community, due to their over-emphasis on an economic rather than a social and cultural agenda.

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