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German Football
This topical book provides unprecedented analysis of football's place in post-war and post-reunification Germany. The expert team of German and British contributors offers wide-ranging perspectives on the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life, showing how it has emerged as a focus for an expression of German national identity and pride in the post-war era. Some of the themes examined include: footballing expressions of local, regional and national identity ethnic dynamics, migrant populations and Europeanization German football’s commercial economy women’s football. Key moments in the history of German football are also explored, such as the victories in 1954, 1972 and 1990, the founding of the Bundesliga, and the winning bid for the 2006 World Cup.
Fastest, Highest, Strongest
Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of modern sport require a serious reassessment of current policies, in particular the ban on the use of certain substances and practices. The book includes detailed discussion of: * The historical importance of World War II and the Cold War in the development of a high-performance culture in sport * The changing Olympic project: from amateurism to a fully professionalized approach * The changing meaning of "sport" * The role of sport science, technology and drugs in pursuing ever-better performance * The major ethical and philosophical arguments used to support the ban on performance-enhancing substances in sport. Fastest, Highest, Strongest is a profound critical examination of modern sport. Its straightforward style will appeal to under- and post-graduate students as well as scholars of sports ethics and history, policy makers and all those interested in the changing nature of sport.
Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport
The issue of doping has been the most widely discussed problem in sports ethics and is one of the most prominent issues across sports studies, the sports sciences and their constituent disciplines. This book adds uniquely to that catalogue of discourses by focusing on extant anti-doping policy and doping practices from a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives (specifically ethical, legal, and social scientific). Doping and Anti Doping Policy in Sport offers an important critique of contemporary anti-doping policy and should be essential reading for any advanced student, researcher or policy maker with an interest in this vital issue.
Parliamentary Assembly Documents 1999 session (First part, January 1999) Volume II
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The Olympic Games
Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.
Liebe im Herbst
"Auch der Herbst hat schöne Tage", sagt ein altes Sprichwort, und das bezieht sich nicht nur auf die goldenen Blätter und die meist noch sonnigen Tage im Oktober. Denn im Herbst des Lebens gibt es ebenso viele schöne Tage, man muss nur offen sein, sie zu suchen und kann dabei sogar Liebe finden. Vor hundert Jahren war bei den meisten Frauen mit 60 das Leben gelaufen. Besonders als Witwen trugen sie nur noch schwarze Kleidung und vegetierten – abgesehen vom ständigen Kirchenbesuch – ohne geistige Anregung dahin, bis der Tod sie erlöste. Die wenigen Männer in diesem Alter, die ihre Frau überlebt hatten, waren kaum fähig, ihren Haushalt zu bewältigen und verzogen sich oft in ein Al...
