ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 takes a resource perspective on the Olympic Games and analyses them as a social, cultural and economic resource while attending to their capital generative and distributive powers as well. The chapter scrutinises the relationship between the three main claims of the Olympic Movement – programme, identity and standing – the pertinent fields of action targeted by each claim, the type of resources generated and access to them, the nature of interactions and what is being exchanged in the process.
