Beijing Olympiad

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Beijing Olympiad

The Political Economy of a Sporting Mega-Event

International relations Political economy History of sport

Authors: Paul Close, David Askew, Xu Xin

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 5th December 2006

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 403 Kb

ISBN: 9781134248889


Introduction

The stage is set for the Beijing Olympiad to be the greatest mega-event, sporting or otherwise, in history. Still, the issues taxing many minds include whether the Beijing Games will be successful; whether they will be wrought with and wrecked by troubles; and who they will benefit. What value will the 2008 Games be to the people of China? Will they mainly serve the purposes of the dominant political, economic and cultural groups at and between the local, regional and global levels of modern social life?

About the Book

The Beijing Olympiad examines these among other questions, providing a range of original insights of interest to an array of scholars, researchers and students from Sports Studies to Sociology, Politics, Economics, International Relations and Legal Studies.

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