The seductive discourse of development: The Cape Town 2004 Olympic bid

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1311-1324

  Swart, Kamilla ^a   Bob, Urmilla ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLYMPIC GAMES; POLITICAL PROCESS;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33746442868     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014365904200281294     Document Type: Article

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