Baka, Richard

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Article

Baka, Richard (2019) Melbourne’s status as an Olympic city: past, present, and future perspectives. International Journal of the History of Sport, 35 (9). pp. 874-897. ISSN 0952-3367

Wassong, S, Baka, Richard and Forsyth, J (2016) Introduction: Olympic Perspectives. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 33 (4). 367 - 368. ISSN 0952-3367

Baka, Richard (2012) Australia at the Olympic Winter Games: "A Late Bloomer". Journal of Olympic History, 29 (3). pp. 38-47. ISSN 1085-5165

Baka, Richard (2010) Olympic glory: an analysis of Australia's success at the Summer Olympics. Journal of Olympic History, 18 (3). pp. 6-16. ISSN 1085-5165

Book Section

Cahill, J and Baka, Richard (2017) Australia: Olympic education: Inspiring young Australians to be better. In: Olympic Education: An International Review. Naul, R, Binder, D, Rychtecky, A and Culpan, I, eds. Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 75-88.

Hess, Robert and Baka, Richard (2015) Victorian Institute of Sport. In: Sport in Victoria: A History. Nadel, D and Ryan, G, eds. Ryan Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 259-260.

Baka, Richard (2014) 'More Events, More Medals, More Interest!': The Growth and Expansion of the Winter Olympic Games. In: Intersections and Intersectionalities in Olympic and Paralympic studies. Twelfth International Symposium for Olympic Research. Forsyth, J, O'Bonsawin, C and Heine, M, eds. International Centre for Olympic Studies, London, Ontario, pp. 35-42.

Baka, Richard (2013) A 'Home Away From Home': The Family and Friends Program of Canada Olympic House. In: On the Periphery: New Perspectives on the Olympic Movement. Baka, Richard and Hess, Rob, eds. Walla Walla Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 49-56.

Feindler, Fabian and Baka, Richard (2013) The German Olympic House: Setting and Standard for National Olympic Hospitality Houses. In: On the Periphery: New Perspectives on the Olympic Movement. Baka, Richard and Hess, Rob, eds. Walla Walla Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 41-48.

Winterton, Rachel and Hess, Rob (2013) Sideshow Alley? Australian Rules Football as a Demonstration Sport at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games. In: On the Periphery: New Perspectives on the Olympic Movement. Baka, Richard and Hess, Rob, eds. Walla Walla Press, Petersham, NSW, pp. 75-80.

Abeza, G, Baka, Richard, Burton, Richard, O'Reilly, N and Seguin, B (2013) National Olympic Hospitality Houses: Objectives, Variations and Mini-Cases. In: On the Periphery: New Perspectives on the Olympic Movement. Baka, Richard and Hess, Rob, eds. Walla Walla Press, Petersham, NSW, pp. 33-40.

Baka, Richard (2013) 'Bucking the Trend': National Olympic Hospitality Houses in an Australian Context. In: On the Periphery: New Perspectives on the Olympic Movement. Baka, Richard and Hess, Rob, eds. Walla Walla Press, Petersham, NSW, pp. 57-64.

Baka, Richard (2012) OIympic Houses: a comparative investigation between Canada, Germany and Australia. In: Problems, possibilities, and promising practices: critical dialogues on the Olympic and Paralympic games: Eleventh International Symposium for Olympic Research. Forsyth, Janice Evelyn and Heine, Michael K, eds. International centre for Olympic studies, Western University, Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, pp. 116-123.

Nawaz, Akhtar, Hess, Rob and Baka, Richard (2011) From Jinnah to Musharraf: Government Involvement in the Delivery of Elite Sport in Pakistan, 1947-2008. In: Sport, Culture and Society: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives. Burke, Michael, Hanlon, Clare and Thomen, Carl, eds. Maribyrnong Press, Hawthorn, Victoria, pp. 143-162.

Baka, Richard (2010) Global Initiatives Aimed at Addressing the Childhood Inactivity and Obesity Crisis. In: Global Perception: Sport Education, Teaching of Physical Education and Curriculum Studies. Ho, Walter and Ren, Hai, eds. Meyer & Meyer Sport , Adelaide, pp. 129-138.

Baka, Richard (2010) Winter Olympic Opening Games Ceremonies : Did Vancouver Try to Raise the Bar Too High? In: Rethinking Matters Olympic : Investigations into the Socio-Cultural Study of the Modern Olympic Movement. Barney, Robert Knight, Forsyth, Janice Evelyn and Heine, Michael K, eds. International Centre for Olympic Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Canada, pp. 265-277.

Baka, Richard (2009) Australian Initiatives Aimed at Addressing the children and Youth Physical Inactivity and Obesity Epidemic. In: 2009 ISCPES Regional Summit, Vancouver, Canada : ISCPES Regional Conference. Church, Anthony, Semotiuk, Darwin, Hess, Rob and Baka, Richard, eds. International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport, Williamstown, Vic., pp. 1-22.

Osler, Brett and Baka, Richard (2009) Golden Opportunities: Australia's Next Generation of High Performance Training Centres. In: 2009 ISCPES Regional Summit, Vancouver, Canada : ISCPES Regional Conference. Church, Anthony, Semotiuk, Darwin, Hess, Rob and Baka, Richard, eds. International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport, Williamstown, Vic., pp. 1-17.

Funk, Roger and Baka, Richard (2009) New Information Communication Technologies to Enhance Research and Teaching Collaboration and Work by Professional Associations. In: 2009 ISCPES Regional Summit, Vancouver, Canada : ISCPES Regional Conference. Church, Anthony, Semotiuk, Darwin, Hess, Rob and Baka, Richard, eds. International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport, Williamstown, Vic., pp. 1-12.

Baka, Richard (2009) Sports, Kids and Camps: A Cross Cultural Analysis. In: 2009 ISCPES Regional Summit, Vancouver, Canada : ISCPES Regional Conference. Church, Anthony, Semotiuk, Darwin, Hess, Rob and Baka, Richard, eds. International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport, Williamstown, Vic., pp. 1-12.

Conference or Workshop Item

Baka, Richard (2015) New Perspectives on the Olympic Movement: : a comparative investigation of national Olympic Hospitality Houses. In: World Congress on Elite Sport Policy, 23 November 2015-24 November 2015, Melbourne, Victoria. (In Press)

Baka, Richard (2015) On the Periphery: New Perspectives on the Olympic Movement: Olympic Houses. In: 20th Annual Congress of the European Congress of Sports Science, 24 June 2015-27 June 2015, Malmo, Sweden.

Video

Watson, E, Baka, Richard and Wong, K (2014) Show Them the Money: Can Funding Australian Sport Get Results. [Video]