Sustainable development, shock and awe? london 2012 and civil society

Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 749-764

  Hayes, Graeme ^a,b   Horne, John ^c  

^a CRAPE   (France)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

civil society; mega events; Olympic Games; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053960642     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511413424     Document Type: Article

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