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Red Card
The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine
Häftad, 2026
166 kr
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The World Cup is here, but what function does a worldwide tournament play in an increasingly belligerent police state, with Donald Trump at the helm?Publishing on the eve of the soccer World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, this concise, power-packed philippic provides a critical take …
Athlete and Activist
28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game
Av Jules Boykoff, Alex Davis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
288 kr
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Time and again, great athletes seem to do the impossible. Their skills amaze us. Their work ethic inspires awe. Their talent is next level. At the same time, an athlete's fame gives them a platform to speak out on important issues. With words and actions, a basketball star or Olympic legend can …
Suppression of Dissent
How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements
Häftad, 2012
798 kr
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Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement …
Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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The Olympic Games have become the world’s greatest media and marketing event—a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie for association with the "Olympic Image" in the hope of gaining a worldwide marketing audience of billions. In this …
Suppression of Dissent
How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements
Inbunden, 2006
2759 kr
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Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement …
Activism and the Olympics
Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London
Häftad, 2014
405 kr
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The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools, and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the …
Activism and the Olympics
Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London
Inbunden, 2014
1462 kr
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The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools, and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the …
Suppression of Dissent
How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements
E-bok, 2013
915 kr
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Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement …
Suppression of Dissent
How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements
E-bok, 2013
935 kr
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Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement …
Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
E-bok, 2013
814 kr
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The Olympic Games have become the world’s greatest media and marketing event—a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie for association with the "Olympic Image" in the hope of gaining a worldwide marketing audience of billions. In this …
Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
E-bok, 2013
814 kr
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The Olympic Games have become the world’s greatest media and marketing event—a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie for association with the "Olympic Image" in the hope of gaining a worldwide marketing audience of billions. In this …
Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
Häftad, 2014
695 kr
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The Olympic Games have become the world’s greatest media and marketing event—a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie for association with the "Olympic Image" in the hope of gaining a worldwide marketing audience of billions. In this …
Kicking
Inbunden, 2026
1020 kr
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As a poet, public-facing scholar of sports politics, and former professional soccer player, having represented the United States on the men’s U23 national soccer team, Jules Boykoff draws on his lifetime of athletic experience to reflect on the practice of kicking. With short vignettes blending the …
Kicking
Häftad, 2026
179 kr
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As a poet, public-facing scholar of sports politics, and former professional soccer player, having represented the United States on the men’s U23 national soccer team, Jules Boykoff draws on his lifetime of athletic experience to reflect on the practice of kicking. With short vignettes blending the …
Kicking
E-bok, 2026
326 kr
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As a poet, public-facing scholar of sports politics, and former professional soccer player, having represented the United States on the men's U23 national soccer team, Jules Boykoff draws on his lifetime of athletic experience to reflect on the practice of kicking. With short vignettes blending the …
What Are the Olympics For?
Häftad, 2024
137 kr
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‘Athletes first’ is a slogan the International Olympic Committee often touts, but the reality is very different, as pre-eminent Olympics expert Jules Boykoff shows in this book. While the world’s attention is riveted by the triumphs and tribulations on their screens, there is much that goes on …
Nolympians
Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond
Häftad, 2020
227 kr
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NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond investigates the intersection of the global rise of anti-Olympics activism and the declining popularity of hosting of the Games. The Olympics were once buoyed by myths of luminous prosperity and upticks in …
Power Games
A Political History of the Olympics
Häftad, 2016
158 kr
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The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins, through the Games' flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he …
Power Games
A Political History of the Olympics
E-bok, 2016
135 kr
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The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event''s nineteenth-century origins, through the Games'' flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he …
