The Olympics
By: Noah Berlatsky, Book Editor
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737773989; 9780737773996
Subjects: Olympics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Vancouver gained important benefits from hosting the Olympics / Brent Toderian; title: Boston would benefit economically from hosting the 2024 Olympics / Barry Lawton; title: The Olympics hurt host city economies / Ben Gersten; title: No one wants to host the 2022 Olympics because of IOC corruption / Dan Wetzel; title: We're still lagging behind in the fight against the doping cheats / Rob Draper; title: Performance-enhancing drugs should be allowed in the Olympics / Ian Steadman; title: The Sochi Olympics limited carbon emissions to protect the environment / Nicoletta Piccolrovazzi; title: The Sochi Olympics are an environmental disaster / McKenzie Funk; title: Israel should have boycotted Sochi over Russia's anti-gay record / Goel Pinto; title: Arguments for boycotting Sochi were unconvincing / Ilya Somin; title: The Olympics have always been a venue for political protest / Tracy Smith; title: The Olympics is not an effective venue for political protest / Rich Juzwiak; title: Sex trafficking is a danger at sporting events like the Olympics / Jeff Sagnip; title: Sex trafficking is not a serious problem at the Olympics / Giedre Steikunaite; title: The Special Olympics in LA will benefit the city and the athletes / Michelle K. Wolf; title: The Special Olympics may foster negative attitudes toward the disabled / The Arc of North Carolina; title: Rio will be ready for Olympics in 2016 / Associated Press; title: Rio may not be ready for the Olympics in 2016 / Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan.