Description: About this Item The item is a book Hardback The Title is Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access Condition New Other Comments Edition Number - 0001. Pages Count - 164. Binding type - Hardcover. Content Language - English Category - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Product Description - 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 Tokyoas 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. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 166754215
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Title: Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access
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Book Title: Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access
Number of Pages: 146 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Topic: Regional Studies, General, Olympics & Paralympics
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Isaac Gagné
Item Length: 8.5 in
Book Series: Routledge Focus on Asia Ser.
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Hardcover
