The Beijing Olympiad
Subtitle: the political economy of a sporting mega-event
By: Paul Close, David Askew and Xu Xin.
Contributors: Askew, David.; Xu, Xin.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon, [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780415357005; 9780415357012
Subjects: Olympics -- Political aspects -- China; Human rights -- China; Civil rights -- China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Towards an analytical framework; title: Olympism, individualism and nationalism; title: The olympics, the nation-state and capitalism; title: Beijing and the olympic social compact; title: The olympic games as a "coming out party": Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and the Asian Olympic discourse; title: Righting the games : human rights and the Beijing Olympic games; title: China's long march for the olympics; title: Conclusion.