Paul Close is Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick. David Askew is Associate Professor of Law and Xu Xin is Associate Professor of International Relations, both at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.

• List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Towards an Analytical Framework 3. Olympism, Individualism and Nationalism 4. The Olympics, the Nation-State and Capitalism 5. Beijing and the Olympic Social Compact 6. The Olympic Games as a ‘Coming Out Party’: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and the Asian Olympic Discourse 7. Righting the Games: Human Rights and the Beijing Olympic Games 8. China’s Long March for the Olympics 9. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index

Paul Close is Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick. David Askew is Associate Professor of Law and Xu Xin is Associate Professor of International Relations, both at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.

• List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Towards an Analytical Framework 3. Olympism, Individualism and Nationalism 4. The Olympics, the Nation-State and Capitalism 5. Beijing and the Olympic Social Compact 6. The Olympic Games as a ‘Coming Out Party’: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and the Asian Olympic Discourse 7. Righting the Games: Human Rights and the Beijing Olympic Games 8. China’s Long March for the Olympics 9. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index

Paul Close is Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick. David Askew is Associate Professor of Law and Xu Xin is Associate Professor of International Relations, both at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.

• List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Towards an Analytical Framework 3. Olympism, Individualism and Nationalism 4. The Olympics, the Nation-State and Capitalism 5. Beijing and the Olympic Social Compact 6. The Olympic Games as a ‘Coming Out Party’: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and the Asian Olympic Discourse 7. Righting the Games: Human Rights and the Beijing Olympic Games 8. China’s Long March for the Olympics 9. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index