The Beijing Olympics: Promoting China: Soft and Hard Power in Global Politics
Author:   Kevin Caffrey (Harvard University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415593984


Pages:   156
Publication Date:   07 October 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kevin Caffrey (Harvard University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780415593984


ISBN 10:   0415593980
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   07 October 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Prologue: Beijing 2008 – A Production on Many Levels Kevin Caffrey 2. Olympic Beijing: Reflections on Urban Space and Global Connectivity Xuefei Ren 3. ‘Go China! Go!’: Running Fan and Debating Success During China’s Olympic Summer David J. Davies 4. Olympian Ghosts: Apprehensions and Apparitions of the Beijing Spectacle Ha Guangtian and Kevin Caffrey 5. ‘Flagging the Nation’ in International Sport: A Chinese Olympics and a German World Cup David Schrag 6. China in Africa: An Olympics-Charged Re-Engagement Barbra Lukunka 7. The Beijing Olympics as Indicator of a Chinese Competitive Ethic Kevin Caffrey 8. Epilogue: Approaches to a Productive Spectacle Kevin Caffrey

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Kevin Caffrey is a Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University. He has conducted anthropological fieldwork in east and southwest China.

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