Why Developing Countries Are Just Spectators in the ‘Gold War’: the Case of Lebanon at the Olympic Games
Third World Quarterly ISSN: 0143-6597 (Print) 1360-2241 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ctwq20 Why developing countries are just spectators in the ‘Gold War’: the case of Lebanon at the Olympic Games Danyel Reiche To cite this article: Danyel Reiche (2016): Why developing countries are just spectators in the ‘Gold War’: the case of Lebanon at the Olympic Games, Third World Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1177455 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1177455 Published online: 06 Jun 2016. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ctwq20 Download by: [65.112.10.82] Date: 06 June 2016, At: 06:23 THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1177455 Why developing countries are just spectators in the ‘Gold War’: the case of Lebanon at the Olympic Games Danyel Reiche Department of Political Studies and Public Administration, American University of Beirut, Lebanon ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY At the Olympic Games, there is an increasing gap between developed Received 10 February 2016 countries that are investing more and more government resources Accepted 8 April 2016 into sporting success, and developing countries that cannot afford KEYWORDS the “Gold War”, and are just spectators in the medal race. Based on Olympic Games studying a representative case, Lebanon, I investigate issues and sport interests of developing countries in the Olympics. On the political developing countries level, the main motivation for participation is global recognition.
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