Politics and the London 2012 Olympics: The (in)security Games

International Affairs

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 701-717

  Houlihan, Barrie ^a,b   Giulianotti, Richard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

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EID: 84864017066     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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