Description
| Product ID: | 9780367469573 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Focus on Asia |
| Title: | Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access |
| Authors: | Author: Barbara Holthus, Wolfram Manzenreiter, Isaac Gagne, Franz Waldenberger |
| Page Count: | 146 |
| Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Society and culture: general, Politics and government, Events management industry, Sports management and facilities, Sports training and coaching, Society & culture: general, Politics & government, Events management industries, Sports management & facilities, Sports training & coaching, Japan |
| Description: | This book situates the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the social, economic and political challenges facing contemporary Japan. This book situates the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the social, economic, and political challenges facing contemporary Japan. Using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a lens into the city and the country as a whole, the stellar line up of contributors offer hidden insights and new perspectives on the Games. These include city planning, cultural politics, financial issues, language use, security, education, volunteerism, and construction work. The chapters then go on to explore the many stakeholders, institutions, citizens, interest groups, and protest groups involved, and feature the struggle over Tokyo’s extreme summer heat, food standards, the implementation of diversity around disabilities, sexual minorities, and technological innovations. Giving short glimpses into the new Olympic sports, this book also analyses the role of these sports in Japanese society. Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics will be of huge interest to anyone attending the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. It will also be useful to students and scholars of the Olympics and the sociology of sport, as well as Japanese culture and society. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-05-06 |
