1st Edition
Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Volume Two: Celebrating the Games
1. Researching and writing about the Games: an introduction - Vassil Girginov Part One: Britain Welcomes the World 2. Dressing up London - Ozlem Edizel, Graeme Evans, Hua Dong 3. Re-thinking Hospitality: How London Welcomed the World to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Dan Bulley and Debbie Lisle Part Two: Experiencing the Games 4. Volunteering at the Games - Geoff Nichols and Rita Ralston 5. LOCOG: A Temporary Organisation Within a High Velocity Environment - Vassil Girginov and Nils Olsen 6. Watching the Games - Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes 7. Tweetting the Olympic Games - Andy Miah 8. Visiting the Games: spectators, fans and behaviours - Ian Jones 9. Shopping at the London Games - Charles Dennis, Tamira King, Richard Mitchell, Harvey Ells, Christopher Dutton and Hanya Pielichaty 10. Spectating the Games - Jean-Loup Chappelet 11. Living in the Olympic zone - Gavin Poynter Part Three: Science, technology and Olympic celebrities 12. Helping athletes excel - Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, Barry Mason. and Brendan Burkett 13. Shaping viewing experiences: The Biggest Spectacle on Television’s Grandest Stage - Andrew C. Billings and Youngju Kim 14. Celebrity and the London 2012 Spectacle - David L. Andrews and Oliver J.C. Rick Part Four: Seizing the Olympic platform 15. Using the Olympic platform for communications - Andrea N. Eagleman 16. Protesting the Games - Debbie Sadd 17. Seizing the Olympic platform: 6.6 million and counting - Alan Tomlinson Part Five: Documenting the Games and their legacies 18. Inspire a Publication: Books, Journals, and the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Martin Polley 19. Documenting the Games through film: Lights, camera, action! - Emma Poulton 20. London 2012 Legacy Strategy: Did it deliver? - Mike Weed Conclusions 21. London 2012: beyond everyone’s Games - Vassil Girginov
Biography
Vassil Girginov is Reader in Sport Management/Development at Brunel University, UK. He is a founding board member of the Bulgarian Olympic Academy and has been researching, teaching and working for the Olympics for 25 years. His research interests and publications (including six books) are in the field of the Olympic Movement, sport development and comparative management and policy analysis.
