Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics.

The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing but many human rights activists support a boycott. They liken the circumstances to previous governments that used the games to glorify their regimes? most notoriously the Nazis in 1936. What has led to this perception and is it fair? Sport, Revolution a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarvie, Grant
Otros Autores: Hwang, Dong-Jhy, Brennan, Mel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Berg Publishers, 2009.
Temas:
Olympic Games > (29th : > 2008 : > Beijing, China)
Olympic Games
Olympics > Political aspects > China.
Human rights > China.
Civil rights > China.
Jeux olympiques > Aspect politique > Chine.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Chine.
Civil rights
Human rights
Olympics > Political aspects
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics:An Introduction; CHAPTER 2Sport, Physical Culture and Western Faith Invaders; CHAPTER 3Sport, Physical Culture, Nationalismand the Chinese Republic; CHAPTER 4Socialism, Health, Soviet Sport andthe Cultural Revolution; CHAPTER 5Reform, Opening Up and Making Senseof Modern Sport in China; CHAPTER 6Capitalist Sport, the Beijing Olympicsand Human Rights?; Conclusion: Sport, Social Changeand the Public Intellectual; Bibliography; Index.

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