Cha Beyond the Final Score

The Politics of Sport in Asia
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-51929-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Contemporary Asia in the World

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Cha, Victor

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Olympische Spiele, Paralympics
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport: Politik, Ökonomie, Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Chronology
1. Purism Versus Politics
2. The Argument
3. More Than Just National Pride
4. Greasing the Wheels of Diplomacy
5. The Olympic Facelift
6. Catch-22
7. The Slippery Slope of Change
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Victor D. Cha is the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and professor of government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He won the 2000 Ohira Book prize for Alignment Despite Antagonism: The U.S.-Korea-Japan Security Triangle and is coauthor of Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. He is the former director of Asian affairs on the National Security Council and deputy head of the United States delegation to the six party talks.