The allure of global games for 'semi-peripheral' polities and spaces: A research agenda

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1195-1214

  Black, David ^a   Westhuizen, Janis Van Der ^a  

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Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SPORT;

EID: 33746409040     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014365904200281221     Document Type: Article

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