The Best Olympics Ever?: Social Impacts of Sydney 2000 (Suny Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations) - Softcover

"A solid and comprehensive analysis of the 'hidden' side of Sydney 2000, this book is bound to provoke controversy. It is hard to think of any other event that could be justified on the basis that it will make the nation feel good for a couple of weeks and to hell with the expense and the practice of democratic procedures. Lenskyj includes a range of topics that are usually 'written out' of accounts of the Olympics." -- Jim McKay, University of Queensland

"The Best Olympics Ever? is provocative, stimulating, and challenging. In the best tradition of radical literature, it forces us to confront our assumptions and stereotypes and in so doing we are served well--especially with regard to the Olympic Games, an institution shrouded in myth and illusion." -- Jeff Segrave, Skidmore College