The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing but many human rights activists support a boycott. They liken the circumstances to previous governments that used the games to glorify their regimes – most notoriously the Nazis in 1936. What has led to this perception and is it fair? Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics is a cultural history of sport in China and challenges many such ingrained Western assumptions. The authors unpick the relationship of sport to imperialism and revolution, and examine its significance in both China and Taiwan at governmental and everyday levels. In the process, they successfully debunk harmful myths, such as the prevalence of drugs in Chinese sport among women athletes, and present a balanced view that is a much-needed corrective to popular understanding.
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Weight
0.28 kg
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Year of Publication
2008
Table of Contents
Foreword by Jack Crawford; Introduction - Beyond football hooliganism (Steve Frosdick); The failure of 'legislation by crisis' (Dominic Elliott, Steve Frosdick & Denis Smith); Accountability - Risk as blame (Steve Frosdick); The changing face of criminal liability (Lynne Walley); Who is liable?: a police perspective (Alan Beckley); The origins and role of the Football Licensing Authority (John de Quidt); Theory - Waiting for the next one: management attitudes to safety in the UK football industry (Dominic Elliott & Denis Smith); Understanding cultural complexity (Steve Frosdick & Gerald Mars); Cultural complexity in the British stadia safety industry (Steve Frosdick); Safety cultures in British sports grounds (Steve Frosdick); Practice - Designing for safety (Steve Frosdick); Safety risks in stadia and sports grounds (Mel Highmore); Crowd risks in sports grounds (Clive Warne); Risky business (Glyn Wootton and Peter Mills); The evolution of safety management and stewarding at football grounds (Steve Frosdick and John Sidney); Playing away in Europe (Steve Frosdick, Mike Holford and John Sidney); Policing Euro '96 (Bryan Drew); Vision - The strategic development of sports safety management (Steve Frosdick); Managing risk in public assembly facilities (Steve Frosdick); How are we doing? where are we going? (Lynne Walley); Useful addresses; Index
Author
Grant Jarvie
ISBN/ISSN
9781845201012
Binding
Paperback
Edition
1
Publisher
BERG
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