The ideals of global sport : from peace to human rights /

Does international sport make the world a better place? This volume critically examines the claims that global sports events promote peace, mutual understanding, antiracism, and democracy, and exposes repeated shortcomings in human rights protection, from the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games to Brazil'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Keys, Barbara J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Edición:1st edition.
Colección:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Temas:
Sports > International cooperation.
Internationalism.
Human rights.
Olympics.
Sports and globalization.
Human Rights
Sports > Coopération internationale.
Internationalisme.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Jeux olympiques.
Sports et mondialisation.
internationalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Human rights
Internationalism
Olympics
Sports and globalization
Sports > International cooperation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Does international sport make the world a better place? This volume critically examines the claims that global sports events promote peace, mutual understanding, antiracism, and democracy, and exposes repeated shortcomings in human rights protection, from the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games to Brazil's 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 237 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812295993
0812295994

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