The Beijing Olympiad : The Political Economy of a Sporting Mega-event (Hardcover)

List of Tables.  List of Contributors.  Acknowledgements.  List of Abbreviations.  Preface.  1. Introduction  2. Towards an Analytical Framework  3. Olympism, Individualism and Nationalism  4. The Olympics, the Nation-State and Capitalism  5. Beijing and the Olympic Social Compact  6. The Olympic Games as a ‘Coming Out Party’: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and the Asian Olympic Discourse  7. Righting the Games: Human Rights and the Beijing Olympic Games  8. China’s Long March for the Olympics  9. Conclusion.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index