Global Sports and Contemporary China

Sport Policy, International Relations and New Class Identities in the People’s Republic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Oliver Rick, Longxi Li

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This book examines the formation of a globally oriented sports system in China, from the beginning of the reform process in 1978 to the present, focusing on the period after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-01-07
Mått148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt423 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobal Culture and Sport Series
Antal sidor224
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031185946

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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhalle och politik
Sportböcker inom Sport fritid och hobby
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

Chapter 1: Introduction: Global Sport in Contemporary China.- Chapter 2: Chinese Sport Policy from Reform to the Millennium.- Chapter 3: An Olympic China: Sport and the Preparation for Beijing 2008.- Chapter 4: Global Sports and Shifting Focus: Sport Policy, Investment, and the Inter-Olympic Period.- Chapter 5: Sport and Accessing a Global Community.- Chapter 6: When the Global Game Comes to the People’s Republic.- Chapter 7: New forms of Domestic Distinction: Sport and Contemporary Chinese Class Structure.- Chapter 8: Tennis Culture and the Booming Urban Middle Class.- Chapter 9: China’s Sporting Self Determination: Achieving independent global sporting dominance.

"The book underlays a firm foundation ... . this work by Rick and Li is suitable for the general public as well as sport studies scholars. It could serve as a reading material either for a course in sport sociology and/or sport politics in general, in particular for one who is interested in Chinese sport and its political and societal function." (Xiaoqian Richard HU, Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture, December 11, 2023)