TY  - BOOK
AU  - Close,Paul
AU  - Askew,David
AU  - Xu,Xin
TI  - The Beijing Olympiad: the political economy of a sporting mega-event 
SN  - 9780415357012
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, [England], New York
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - China
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Olympics
KW  - Political aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Towards an analytical framework -- Olympism, individualism and nationalism -- The olympics, the nation-state and capitalism -- Beijing and the olympic social compact -- The olympic games as a "coming out party": Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and the Asian Olympic discourse -- Righting the games : human rights and the Beijing Olympic games -- China's long march for the olympics -- Conclusion
ER  -