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The Beijing Olympiad: The Political Economy of a Sporting Mega-Event
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The Beijing Olympiad examines what value the 2008 Games will be to the people of China, will they serve the purposes of the dominant political, economic and cultural groups at and between the local, regional and global levels of modern social life?
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #619858 in Books
- Published on: 2006-12-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
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From the Back Cover
Who will benefit from the Beijing Olympiad?
What value will the 2008 Games be to the people of China?
The 2008 Olympic Games have been the source of considerable controversy since long before their announcement, and seem destined to become the most keenly scrutinized sporting extravaganza ever. While its legacy is yet to emerge, there is little doubt that the Beijing Olympiad will have major implications for a stream of concurrent matters, including the rise of China as a superpower, international relations, human rights developments, the future of Olympism and the Olympic Movement, the East-West clash, the North-South divide, and the processes of globalization.
The Beijing Olympiad: The Political Economy of a Sporting Mega-Event considers the global and local impact of the Games, and provides valuable insight into contemporary China, its culture, society, economy and politics in the build-up to the 2008 Olympics.
The Beijing Olympiad examines key questions, providing a range of original insights of interest to scholars, researchers and students from Sports Studies to Sociology, Politics, Economics, International Relations and Legal Studies.
Paul Close is Director of the Amity Centre for Globalization Research (ACGR), Jaipur, India. David Askew is Associate Professor of Law and Xu Xin is Associate Professor of International Relations, both at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
SPORTS STUDIES / ASIAN STUDIES / OLYMPICS
About the Author
Paul Close is Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick. David Askew is Associate Professor of Law and Xu Xin is Associate Professor of International Relations, both at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
