A critical look at the Olympics in the post-bribery, post 9/11 era, particularly at consequences for host cities and so-called "Olympic education" for schoolchildren.

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She is the author of several books on the Olympic industry, including The Best Olympics Ever? Social Impacts of Sydney 2000 and Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism, both also published by SUNY Press.