The Paralympic Games: Empowerment Or Side Show?Keith Gilbert, Otto J. Schantz, Otto Schantz Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 2008 - 253 pages Every four years, hundreds of disabled athletes from around the world gather together to compete in the largest sporting event of its kind - the Paralympic Games. Yet there is always one question which overshadows the Games - does the Paralympics empower individuals with disability, or is it simply a sop to the major Olympic event? Divided into five specific areas of study - Public and Media Perceptions; Inside the Paralympic Games; Olympics vs. Paralympics; Cultural Diversity; and Future Directions - this thoroughly researched volume attempts to bring this discussion out into the open and, if not provide an answer, then to pave the way for future investigation that might. |
Table des matières
PUBLIC AND MEDIA PERCEPTIONS | 17 |
3 | 25 |
4 | 32 |
6 | 61 |
7 | 79 |
INSIDE THE PARALYMPICS | 89 |
9 | 99 |
10 | 115 |
16 | 167 |
17 | 176 |
18 | 184 |
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AT THE PARALYMPICS | 199 |
21 | 212 |
22 | 220 |
23 | 230 |
24 | 239 |
11 | 126 |
12 | 134 |
13 | 140 |
OLYMPISM VERSUS PARALYMPISM? | 147 |
FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF RESEARCH ON THE PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT | 246 |
26 | 252 |
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