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Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport
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Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport Hardback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Rob Beamish; Ian Ritchie

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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.

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  • Title Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport
  • Author Rob Beamish; Ian Ritchie
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Publication date 2006-06-28
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780415770422 / 0415770424
  • Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.06 x 0.64 in (24.23 x 15.39 x 1.63 cm)
  • Category Self-Help
  • Library of Congress subjects Doping in sports, Sports - psychology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006001561
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.29

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