Scripting the nation: Sport, mega-events, foreign policy and state-building in post-apartheid South Africa

Sport in Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-493

  Cornelissen, Scarlett ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 42549130758     PISSN: 17430437     EISSN: 17430445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17430430802019458     Document Type: Review

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