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Malia, Allison. "Reading the Olympic Games : nationalism, olympism, globalisation, and London 2012." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14880.

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Nationalism and globalisation are two topics of great debate. In an increasingly connected world, these concepts are contrasted as opposites unable to coexist with a rise in one there must be a fall in the other. In this study, these concepts are explored alongside Olympism through the medium of the Olympic Games. Historically, the Olympics are structured around nations/nation-states, and national teams, while still attempting to promote universalism, internationalism, and the unity of humankind. This work aims to explore how and why nationalism, Olympism, and globalisation are expressed in th
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Rackley, Andrew. "Archiving the Games : collecting, storing and disseminating the London 2012 knowledge legacy." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2016. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/16539/.

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This thesis examines attempts made by the British Library (BL) and other memory institutions in the UK to archive the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It has a specific focus on the intersections between collecting, storing and disseminating the Games’ knowledge legacy. The thesis makes an original contribution to the sparse body of research into archiving sport and Olympic content. It adopts a distinctive theoretical framework and offers a critical interpretation of qualitative data gathered from interviews with key actors and memory institution agencies about their approach to sport
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Roussot, Mark. "Upper limb injuries in athletes participating at the London 2012 Paralympic Games." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13312.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has witnessed growing participation in the Games since its inception and has made strong efforts to collect comprehensive injury and illness data during the London 2012 Paralympics. Until now, no studies have comprehensively evaluated upper limb injuries at the Paralympic Games. To describe the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of upper limb injuries in athletes participating in the London 2012 Paralympic Games and identify the groups of athletes at risk. This study forms a component of the large prosp
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Kerr, Shane. "A sociological critique of the legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21050.

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This thesis presents a sociological critique of the concept of legacy as it surrounded the London 2012 Paralympic Games. A sociological approach was adopted to challenge much of the spontaneous sociology that surrounds the ascendancy of legacy within the Olympic and Paralympic space. Legacy, disability and the Paralympic Games are the predominant structures of the research problem. The literature review attempts to present a sociology of the sociological approaches in these fields. Underpinning the research design is Bourdieu et al. s (1991) epistemological hierarchy which consists of and proc
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Fung, Chi-keong, and 馮志強. "Legacy and ephemerality of city mega-events: urban regeneration and governance in London 2012 Olympic Games." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49885091.

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The concept of entrepreneurial city has remained relevant and popular since its first emergence several decades ago. Among the strategies adopted, hosting city mega-events is still widely applied by city governments to attract international visitors, businesses and investments. Alongside the software programs of the events, entrepreneurial cities will also prepare them with extensive construction and infrastructure projects, taking the opportunity to capitalize in the events and equally importantly fast-track the development and growth agenda with the political imperative generated. Mega-eve
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Stopforth, Louise. "Illness and injuries in athletes with visual impairment at the London 2012 Paralympic Games." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27396.

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Background: Participation in sport by athletes with impairment has grown and evolved rapidly since the inception of the Paralympic Games. Athletes with visual impairment were first included in the Paralympic Games in 1976. Surveillance of illnesses and injuries forms the first important step in determination of the epidemiology and an understanding of the risk factors for both illness and injuries in these populations. Thus, surveillance can therefore assist medical teams in implementing prevention strategies. Few studies have evaluated the incidence of illness and injuries amongst athletes wi
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Hollins, Sadie Francesca Susanne. "The interscetions between economy, environment and loacality : the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2013. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/9656/.

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Despite a growing body of literature concerned with the sustainability of sports mega-events, there is relatively little analysis examining environmental sustainability commitments at the Olympic Games, and the environmental impact of the Olympics on the host communities. Research to date has lacked an explicit theoretical underpinning and in particular, the use of theoretical perspectives from the sociology of the environment literature to analyse the intersections between the economy, the environment and locality at the Olympic Games, and the environmental impact of the Games on the host com
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Panayis, Mitchell. "The endz game : the effects of the London 2012 Olympic Games on the communities of the host boroughs." Thesis, Kingston University, 2015. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/35847/.

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Not since the 1966 World Cup has Britain experienced such an explicit collision of the most mega of sporting-events with the most ordinary of people, with these two phenomena coming into direct contact through the London 2012 Olympic Games. The award of the Games to London led me to begin a six year case study that focused on the relationship between the dominant forces and the people when power, space, finances, reputations and democracy itself are at stake during a Host Cities Olympiad. Whilst Government bodies have published quantitative reports on the economic effects of the Games on the H
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Siegner, Arne. "Athletes on Twitter: an investigation of communication patterns during the Olympic Games 2012 in London." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020830.

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Recent studies have shown an increasing impact of online social networks such as Twitter on sports media. The following study aims to provide insight about communication patterns of athletes during the Olympic Games 2012 in London. Drawing on literature from traditional fields such as social capital (Field 2003), the 'uses and gratifications' approach (Katz, Blumler and Gurevitch 1974), self- presentation (Goffmann 1971) and recent studies about social media in sports (Kassing and Sanderson 2012), a Twitter-analysis of ten athletes was conducted during the Olympic Games 2012 in London. Followi
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Lovett, Emily L. "Exploring the London 2012 Olympic legacy experiences of a non-host city : a policy based case study of those delivering sport in Birmingham before and after the Games." Thesis, University of Chester, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/620374.

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In bidding to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London bid committee promised a range of ambitious legacies. Planning for legacy pre-Games was a relatively new aspect of event planning (Leopkey & Parent, 2009). For the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), the sporting legacy from London 2012 was intended to be experienced across Britain. As such, a significant impact was expected on the sporting lives of people in non-host areas. To this extent it seems entirely appropriate, therefore,
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Swart, Thomas Frederick. "Injuries and illnesses in athletes with spinal cord injury during the 2012 London Summer Paralympic Games." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29679.

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Background: The Summer Paralympics have grown from participation of a mere 16 athletes at the 1948 Stoke-Mandeville Games, to a large multi-code event of 4176 athletes competing in 20 different sporting codes at the 2012 London Summer Paralympic Games. Unlike able-bodied athletes, Paralympic athletes represent a heterogenous group of people with a varied degree of physical-, mental- and physiological impairment. Despite the growth in the Paralympic sport, limited research exists describing injury and illness in Paralympic athletes. For athletes with impairment to perform optimally and not to j
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Parkes, Stephen David. "The longevity of behaviour change : a case study of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/8981/.

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Travel behaviour change is traditionally regarded as being difficult to achieve, with strategies and initiatives often generating only slow and incremental shifts in behaviour amongst the population. There is an emerging discussion in the literature that more radical approaches to travel behaviour change are needed, to contribute to achieving challenging decarbonisation targets. If a step change is required then one potential source of learning is the study of disruptions to systems of mobility provision, which may provide valuable insights into how more radical travel behaviour change is achi
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Bretherton, Paul. "Corporate Social Responsibility at London 2012 : discourses of sport and activity promotion at the Olympic Games." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/16210.

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The unique potential of sport as a site for the delivery of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has received increasing academic attention in recent years (e.g. Smith & Westerbeek, 2007). However, this literature has been said to have held 'relatively static conceptualisations of CSR through sport' (Dowling, Robinson & Washington, 2013, p. 270), and it could similarly be argued that insufficient attention has been given to the broader social contexts in which it has been delivered. This study therefore aimed to understand more about sport - and the Olympic Games - as a site for the delivery
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Dawson, Jordan O. "The impacts of mega events : a case study of visitor profiles, practices and perceptions in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/33762.

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In 2012, London successfully hosted the Games of the XXX Olympiad. The main legacy of hosting the event is the 560 acre, mixed use Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park located in Stratford in the heart of London s former industrial East End. The Park is located across the four Park Boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, each distinct in character but shaped by similar trends of urban regeneration and gentrification. This research examines the profiles, practices and perceptions of visitors to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as an impact study of mega events conducted within fi
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Vadiati, Niloufar [Verfasser], and Gernot [Akademischer Betreuer] Grabher. "Career Legacy of the London Olympic Games 2012 - Among Local East Londoners / Niloufar Vadiati ; Betreuer: Gernot Grabher." Hamburg : HafenCity Universität Hamburg, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1173703667/34.

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Kenyon, James A. "An evaluation of the image impact of hosting the 2012 Summer Olympic Games for the city of London." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/13592.

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Contemporarily, the hosting of mega-events (MEs) is one of several strategies used by cities and governments to bring about improvements in a place s image and recognition. While London, host of the 2012 Olympic Games, is already considered to be a leading global city (e.g. Anholt & GfK Roper, 2011), the potential image benefits to be accrued from hosting the Games may in fact impact more upon internal, domestic perceptions rather than on external, international perceptions (Anholt, Oon, Masure et al., 2008). A key objective, therefore, for those involved in the development and delivery of the
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Nedvetskaya, Olesya. "Social legacy of mega sport events : individual, organisational and societal implications of the London 2012 Games Maker Programme." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6612/.

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This thesis was focussed on volunteering as a social legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (London 2012). The study identified a research gap with regard to the details on the processes through which the volunteering legacy can be achieved, for whom, in what circumstances and over which duration. Therefore, the overall purpose of this research was to explore the processes by which the London 2012 Volunteer Programme (the Games Maker Programme) was used to deliver a desired social legacy in the historical context of sport event volunteering in the UK, such as the XVII Commonwea
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Lindsay, Iain. "Life in the shadow of the 2012 Olympics : an ethnography of the host borough of the London games." Thesis, Brunel University, 2013. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12833.

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On 6th July 2005 the London Olympic bidding committee won the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Some seven years later London’s Olympic venues were built on time, Team GB accumulated an unprecedented medal haul and no significant security incidents occurred. These outcomes facilitated an understandable positive evaluation of the 2012 Games. It would be churlish not to be positive; Olympic venues experienced during Games are breathtaking. World records and Olympic contests are exciting. Olympic narratives that bond competitor and audience alike are inclusive and unifying. However, the preva
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Bistaraki, A. "Interagency collaboration in mass gatherings : the case of public health and safety organisations in the 2012 London Olympic Games." Thesis, City, University of London, 2017. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17448/.

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Mass gatherings such as the Olympic Games pose unique challenges for interorganizational collaboration. Such events often bring together organizations that collaborate irregularly or have never engaged in joint working. They involve interaction and collaboration among multiple and diverse agencies aiming at delivering a service to a large clientele, which can often prove challenging. This study used the 2012 London Olympic Games as the empirical setting to examine the interagency collaboration among the multiple and diverse public health and safety organizations involved in one of the world's
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Yoon, Liv Gi-He. "‘Nice Korea, Naughty Korea’ : media framings of North Korea and the inter-Korean relationship in the London 2012 Olympic Games." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45981.

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In this study, I analyze mainstream news-media framings of North Korea and the inter-Korean relationship in the London 2012 Olympic Games. I explore the role that media plays in promoting particular understandings of North and South Korean nations and relationships. My research was guided by the following questions: 1) How did mainstream news-media in South Korea and other national contexts frame the relationship between North Korea and South Korea in the London 2012 Games?; 2) How was North Korea’s involvement in the Games understood and portrayed within different news-media?; 3) To what exte
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Yang, Jen-Shin. "Urban governance and mega-events in an era of globalisation : a comparison of the London 2012 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games." Thesis, University of York, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/17247/.

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Since the 1980s the hosting of mega-events has been a globalised practice in entrepreneurial urban governance. A spectacle that lasts only weeks is portrayed by event promoters as capable of generating legacies for decades. In addition to stimulating the short-term local economy and job market, accelerating urban landscape transformation and raising a city’s profile are the two strongest claims made by cities when bidding for hosting rights. However, a careful comparison of the London 2012 and Beijing 2008 Olympics shows that only half of the story has been told. The transformation of the urba
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Weber-Newth, Francesca. "The game of urban regeneration : culture & community in London 2012 and Berlin's Mediaspree." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=227623.

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This thesis explores who 'wins' and 'loses' in urban regeneration, and the mechanisms behind this process. I take a comparative approach, focusing on two neighbourhoods – Hackney Wick Fish Island and Rudolfkiez – that are adjacent to the large-scale regeneration schemes London 2012 and Mediaspree in Berlin. By analysing how urban regeneration is experienced on the ground, my aim is to disrupt the notion that Olympic-led regeneration is any different from other forms of neoliberal urban development. I adopt Pierre Bourdieu's view of the social world as made up of competitive 'games' to demonstr
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Hayday, Emily Jane. "The impact of London 2012 Olympic Games on community based sport in the UK : the role of NGBs in leveraging a participation legacy." Thesis, University of Kent, 2017. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/61594/.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a Sports Mega Event (SME), the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games, and the specific legacy objective that was set to increase grass-root sports participation. This research aimed to investigate the leveraging processes that were used to try to achieve this objective, through National Governing Bodies (NGBs) who were outlined by Sport England (SE) as the main delivery agent to support the participation initiatives associated to the London 2012 Games (Sport England, 2008). Through the community sports delivery system, NGBs have a
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Chen, Shushu. "An evaluation of the sub-regional legacy/impacts of the London 2012 Olympic Games in a non-hosting sub-region : a case study of Leicestershire." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14720.

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This thesis evaluates the legacy/impact of the London 2012 Games for a non-hosting sub-region Leicestershire, principally through evaluations of four legacy-programmes (i.e. the Workplace Challenge, Get Set, Sport Makers, and Games Makers programmes), drawing conclusions about lessons learned from the Leicestershire 2012 legacy experience. The selection of Leicestershire as a non-hosting sub-region reflects the fact that little is known about the legacy/ impact of the Games in such contexts. The nature of Olympic legacy evaluation is considered as a complex, wide-ranging, and multi-staged proc
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Black, Jack. "It isn't easy being a fading post-imperial power : British and Commonwealth national newspaper constructions of Britain during the 2012 Diamond Jubilee and London Olympic Games." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/19564.

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This thesis explores the construction, framing and representation of Britain and British identity in British and Commonwealth national newspaper coverage of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee and London Olympic Games. Specifically, national newspapers from Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales were examined using a qualitative thematic content analysis. From this sample it is argued that when viewed as part of a long-term process, the relationship between Britain's national and imperial histories can be used to explore contemporary media discourses on Britain and
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Urvakytė, Vesta. "Baidarių ir kanojų irklavimo varžybinės veiklos analizė 2012 metų Londono olimpinėse žaidynėse." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140619_114532-30896.

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Objektas: baidarių ir kanojų irklavimo taktikos analizė. Tikslas: nustatyti 2012 metų Londono olimpinių žaidynių varžybose taikytus taktinius variantus ir nuotolio įveikimo ypatumus pagal valčių klases. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti pasaulio pajėgiausių baidarių ir kanojų irkluotojų 500 metrų varžybinių nuotolių įveikimo taktinius variantus. 2. Nustatyti pasaulio pajėgiausių baidarių ir kanojų irkluotojų 1000 metrų varžybinių nuotolių įveikimo taktinius variantus 3. Nustatyti pajėgiausių pasaulio irkluotojų 500 metrų ir 1000 metrų nuotolių įveikimo pobūdžio priklausomybę nuo sportinio rezulta
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Ramon, Vegas Xavier. "Sports journalism ethics and quality of information: the coverage of the London 2012 Olympics in the British, American and Spanish press." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/393739.

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This dissertation has examined to what extent six prestigious newspapers (The Guardian/The Observer, The Daily Telegraph/The Sunday Telegraph, The New York Times, The Washington Post, El País and La Vanguardia) complied with the fundamental principles of journalism ethics (truth, justice and responsibility) in their coverage of the London 2012 Olympics. The content analysis of 6,552 pieces, their correlation with the major codes of ethics, and the conduct of 41 interviews revealed that in many areas the coverage dispelled the long-held notion of sports journalism being the “toy department”. Si
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Pampel, Ines, and Peter Horton. "Dresden – London 2012." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-130345.

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Jede außergewöhnliche Geschichte beginnt mit Kreativität, Mut und Freiheit. Da braucht es Menschen, die Neuartiges kreieren sowie Menschen, die die Chance erkennen, den Weg frei zu machen und sich beteiligen. Eine solche erfreuliche Konstellation führte an der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) im letzten Jahr erstmalig zum europäischen Personalaustausch. Zwei Musikbibliothekare aus London und Dresden wagten Neuland: für mehrere Wochen tauschten sie ihren Dienst- und Lebensort, um in den anderen Bibliotheken mitzuarbeiten, sich fachlich sowie sprac
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Moore, Stephen. "Gaelic games and the Irish diaspora in London." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525856.

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Seljeseth, Linda, and Mikaela Björk. "Den lokala påverkan av ett mega event : London 2012 med vision London 2040." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-10559.

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The topic of this essay is the expected effects that can come during and after a mega event and how the local impact may affect the local community and the citizen. This essay concerns a forthcoming mega event, the Olympic Games that will be held in London 2012. The area that the Olympics will be held in is Stratford that is located about twenty minutes from the central of London by the underground. The Olympic Games is one of the largest mega events with its millions of visitors. The purpose of this essay is to study what is expected after the mega event has taken place in London. This is don
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Sadd, Deborah. "Mega-events, community stakeholders and legacy : London 2012." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2012. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/20305/.

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This study highlights the treatment of the smaller stakeholders for whom the social legacy impacts are potentially the greatest within mega-event planning. The aim of this research is to develop a framework of urban regeneration legacy associated with the hosting of mega-events where the local community are key stakeholders, and where they can gain long-term positive social legacies. Mega-events, such as the Olympic Games, are widely held to bring a variety of positive social benefits through the process of urban regeneration. This research is built around the development of a conceptual frame
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Forbes, Alison. "Sport, London 2012 & young British Asians : a sociological study of young British Asian sports participation, consumption and identity, post-London 2012." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/42774.

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This thesis explores the sporting interests and experiences of a small sample of young British Asians, drawn from two UK cities: Leicester and Wolverhampton. Framed in the immediate post-London 2012 period, the thesis focuses, broadly, on three key themes: sporting consumption practices pre- and post-2012; the construction of local, national and ethnic identities through sport; and participation opportunities for ‘doing’ sport for British Asians in these two different locations. Preparations for London 2012 included promises of a nationwide sporting legacy that would ‘inspire a generation’ of
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Gardner, J. W. "The archaeology and heritage of mega events in London, 1851-2012." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1534587/.

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This thesis examines the development of mega events in the the modern era, such as International Expos, World Fairs, and Olympic Games, and their relationship to archaeology and heritage through comparing three significant examples from London’s recent history: The Great Exhibition of 1851; the 1951 Festival of Britain’s South Bank Exhibition; and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Taking a contemporary archaeological and critical heritage studies approach, I argue that such mega events – defined as a genre of large, transitory and internationally-focussed cultural spectacles – leav
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Herrington, Neil. "The effect of megaevents on the educational environment : perceptions of London 2012." Thesis, University of East London, 2014. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4008/.

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The thesis explores the way in which a megaevent, such as the Olympics, interacts with the educational environment –those aspects of culture, politics and economics that define the field within which educational institutions exist. The study critically reflects upon the processes that operate within the field of education, drawing on the conceptual work of Bourdieu to do so. The Olympics are used as a lens to make explicit aspects of practice within the field through the ‘disruption’ that the opportunities of the Games bring. These disruptions are characterised within the thesis as ‘event stru
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Edizel, Hayriye Özlem. "Governance of sustainable event-led regeneration : the case of London 2012 Olympics." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9110.

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This study aims to understand the interface between the governance of event-led regeneration and sustainable development by taking the London 2012 Olympic Games/Lower Lee Valley area regeneration process as a case study. Since the early 1990s, there is a widespread trend towards the use of mega-events to promote a city, stimulate the local economy and regenerate rundown post-industrial areas and communities. The importance of mega-events in destination development has gained increasing attention and they are also considered as a catalyst for city regeneration. The emphasis in the aims of event
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Jackson-Brown, Carolyn Elizabeth. "Meeting the superhumans : Channel Four, disability and the 2012 Paralympic Games." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20953/.

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Channel Four’s media coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games is said to have delivered a seismic shift in attitudes towards those with disabilities. But why and how was a marginalised group brought into the mainstream by the media? What were the influencing factors and who made the decisions? By interviewing key people involved in the television production process, and accessing some of their internal documentation, my doctoral research sheds light on how meanings about disability were constructed and delivered, from the top down and across the creative workflow. Drawing on elements of bo
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Walsh, Lewis M. "The regulators' perspective of engagements with small firms : the case of London 2012." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2018. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/704075/.

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Set within the context of the London 2012 Olympic Games, this thesis seeks to give an empirical account of regulators' behaviour and perspective of small firms in order to understand the relationship between regulators and small firms. Typically, research of the regulator-small firm relationship concentrates on the perspective of small firms, with some studies claiming regulation, and by extension regulators, to be an overt burden on business, particularly small firms (e.g. Sommers and Cole, 1985; Fairmann and Yapp, 2005). Recently the debate has intensified by the contributions of authors who
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Jelbert, Charmaine Patricia. "Sex trafficking and state intervention : conflicts and contradictions during the 2012 London Olympics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2016. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271625.

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This thesis focuses on the British human trafficking prevention policies adopted for the 2012 London Olympics using mixed methods including participation-observation, qualitative interviews, theoretical analysis and policy evaluation. I was invited to observe the Human Trafficking Network and London 2012, the Mayor of London’s official response to the claim that human trafficking would increase at the London Olympics. My presence enabled me to witness first-hand the key policy debates surrounding human trafficking intervention and to conduct a series of in-depth interviews with members of the
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Bai, X. "Legitimating London 2012 : urban mega-events and the geography of Olympic place marketing." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1427689/.

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This dissertation investigates the place marketing aspect of the London 2012 Olympic Games and the complexity of different geographies and interest groups surrounding such urban mega-events with theories on different levels of abstraction. Adopting the hegemonic political and economic theories of Neoliberalism on the general and macro level, and the more specific theories of place marketing on the micro level, this research argues that place marketing is one of the neoliberal imaginaries used to legitimate neoliberal practices, such as Olympic land acquisition. The author connects the abstract
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Ojie, F. N. "An investigation of the performance of African nations in the 2012 London Olympics." Thesis, University of Salford, 2015. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/36760/.

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The performance and success of the African nations in the 2012 London Olympic Games was considered to be poor and well below expectation, taking into account the number of African countries that participated in the Games and the size of their teams. Generally, the continent has recorded minimal success in the Olympics as a result of repeated poor performances evident in the small number of medals won, low positions on medal tables and the inability to achieve other performance objectives. This research explored the performance and success of African nations in the 2012 London Olympics in light
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Brückner, Michael. "Prediction games : machine learning in the presence of an adversary." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2012/6037/.

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In many applications one is faced with the problem of inferring some functional relation between input and output variables from given data. Consider, for instance, the task of email spam filtering where one seeks to find a model which automatically assigns new, previously unseen emails to class spam or non-spam. Building such a predictive model based on observed training inputs (e.g., emails) with corresponding outputs (e.g., spam labels) is a major goal of machine learning. Many learning methods assume that these training data are governed by the same distribution as the test data which th
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Dahlén, Sara. "Injuries and Illnesses in Swedish Para Athletes During the Paralympic Games 2012-2018." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för fysisk aktivitet och hälsa, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-6755.

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Aim: The aim of the study was to analyse the injuries and illnesses in Swedish Para athletes during four Paralympic Games (PG), 2012-2018. The research questions (RQ) were: 1) what was the injury incident rate (IR), and which anatomical areas were affected by injuries? 2) what was the illness IR and which physiological systems were affected by illnesses? 3) did the injury and illness IR differ between the Swedish delegation and the reference group (RG), where most athletes participating in the four PGs were included? 4) were there any associations between injury and illness IR and subgroups of
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白先陸 and Xianlu Bai. "Hosting mega-events: how the olympic games work as a catalyst in Beijing and London's urban development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4293039X.

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Haglund, Matilda. "Förnyelsen av Stratford, En studie av stadsförnyelsen av Stratford, London i samband med Sommar OS 2012." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-100819.

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Studien behandlar Stratford, London och syftar till att utifrån olika perspektiv analysera den pågående stadsförnyelsens betydelse för Stratford och dess invånare samt vilken del de Olympiska Spelen haft i stadsförnyelsen. För att undersöka detta fokuserar uppsatsen på att studera konsekvenserna av stadsförnyelsen för faktorer som bostads- och arbetsmöjligheter i området. Det undersöks utifrån frågeställningarna: hur har stadsförnyelsen i Stratford påverkat Stratford och dess invånare, med betoning på arbete och bostad samt på vilka sätt har OS haft betydelse för stadsförnyelsen i Stratford. S
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Marks, Darren. "Team GB : united or untied? Contemporary nationalism, national identity and British Olympic football teams at London 2012." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2011. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/8370.

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At the London 2012 Olympic Games, a football team representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland will take to the field for the first time since 1972. This research uses the often fractious and acrimonious debate surrounding this issue to gain insights and understandings about contemporary national identity and nationalisms in the United Kingdom. In particular, the objective is to show how these concepts may be influenced, affected or altered by the existence or absence thereof of a Great Britain Olympic football team at London 2012. A virtual ethnographic approach is adopted and a number of we
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Lewis, Tiffany Emma. "Exercises in Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy: The Cultural Programming of the Los Angeles and London Olympic Games." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1430946430.

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Al, Saleh Hazem. "Silver med guldsmak : En observationsstudie av skotteffektivitet i herrhandboll mellan Sverige och Frankrike under OS i London 2012." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-5296.

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Sammanfattning Syfte och frågeställningar Syftet med föreliggande studie är att göra en jämförelse mellan det svenska och det franska handbollslagens prestationer i form av skotteffektivitet från olika positioner under OS i London 2012 herrhandboll. Följande frågeställningar kommer att besvaras:  Hur skiljer sig skotteffektiviteten mellan Sverige och Frankrike?  Vilka positioner är avgörande för målgörande i internationell handboll?  Skillnaden mellan officiell statistik och studiens statistik? Metod För att besvara frågeställningarna har 16 handbollsmatcher (herrhandboll) från de Olympisk
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Best, Melanie. "Wheeling to London 2012 : the psycho-social health and well-being of Great Britain's Wheelchair Basketball players over time." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2016. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/18458.

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The purpose of this PhD was to explore the psycho-social health (PSH) and well-being (WB) of Great Britain's (GB) Wheelchair Basketball (WhB) players over time, starting from when they became disabled and culminating in the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The sample comprised 16 players (8 male, 8 female) and 4 coaches. They were interviewed on three occasions - 2 years before, within a year of and a year after London. Observations spanned this period, whilst data was also collected via two visual methods: auto-photography (AP) and timelining. All data was analysed using a thematic analytical ap
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Lawson, Shawna. "A blueprint for change? : exploring how the London organizing committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) framed Olympic 'sustainability partner' BP." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58791.

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The London Organizing Committee of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) came under substantial public scrutiny regarding several of its corporate partnerships (Gibson, 2012; Smedley, 2012). Specifically, a number of resistance groups mobilized around LOCOG’s selection of BP (formerly British Petroleum) as a ‘sustainability partner’. In pledging to host the first ‘truly sustainable Games’, this partnership appeared paradoxical to some, as BP has a history marred by environmental degradation and disaster – most notably the Deep Water Horizon oil spill of 2010 (National Commission, 2011;
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Constantinou, Demitri. "Profiles of illness and injury among South African elite athletes with disability at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22788.

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Epidemiological data is important to better understand injury and illness patterns in para athletes. Medical teams used a web-based injury and illness surveillance system (WEB-IISS system) to all the para-athlete injuries and illnesses during the 2012 London Paralympic games. All team physicians could access the system at any time to log data, providing a vast database for potential research. The relative ease of data collection permits large amounts of data to be analysed, providing important surveillance data on injury and illness. Data on the South African para-athletes, provided by the tea
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