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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'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2019]
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| Edición: | 1st edition. |
| Colección: | Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction. The Ideals of International Sport; PART I. THE CORE IDEALS; Chapter 1. Friendship and Mutual Understanding: Sport and Regional Relations in Southeast Asia; Chapter 2. Antidiscrimination: Racism and the Case of South Africa; Chapter 3. Democracy and Democratization: The Ambiguous Legacy; Chapter 4. Peace: The United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, and the Renovation of the Olympic Truce; PART II. THE RISE OF HUMAN RIGHTS; Chapter 5. Reframing Human Rights: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and International Sport
- Chapter 6. The Moscow 1980 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Games: Dissent and RepressionChapter 7. Hosting the Olympic Games in Developed Countries: Debating the Human Rights Ideals of Sport; Chapter 8. The View from China: Two Olympic Bids, One Olympic Games, and China's Changing Rights Consciousness; Chapter 9. Competing for Rights? Human Rights and Recent Sport Mega-Events in Brazil; Conclusion. The Future of Idealism in Sport; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Acknowledgments