Human rights and the Beijing Olympics: Imagined global community and the transnational public sphere

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 306-327

  Brownell, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Human rights; Olympic Games; Public sphere; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SPORT;

CHINA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SPORTS;

EID: 84861712711     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2012.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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