"In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world - economics and culture - to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the economic age has produced a great deal of wealth and unleashed tremendous producti…
"In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world - economics and culture - to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the economic age has produced a great deal of wealth and unleashed tremendous producti…
In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world - economics and culture - to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the economic age has produced a great deal of wealth and unleashed tremendous productiv…
The ideals of international sport / Barbara Jean Keys -- Friendship and mutual understanding : sport, rhetoric, and regional relations in Southeast Asia / Simon Creak -- Antidiscrimination : racism and the case of South Africa / Robert Skinner -- Democracy and democratization : …
"The ideals of global sport" investigates these grandiose claims, peeling away the hype to reveal the reality : that shockingly little evidence underpins these endlessly repeated assertions. The essays, written by scholars from many regions and disciplines and drawn from an exce…
"Sport has the power to change the world," South African president Nelson Mandela told the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo in 2000. Today, we are inundated with similar claims--from politicians, diplomats, intellectuals, journalists, athletes, and fans--about the many ways that int…
Does international sport make the world a better place? This volume critically examines the claims that global sports events promote peace, mutual understanding, antiracism, and democracy, and exposes repeated shortcomings in human rights protection, from the 1980 Moscow Olympic…
Globalisation is now widely discussed, but the debates often focus on economic issues. John Tomlinson goes far beyond traditional discussions to analyse the wide ranging cultural, social and moral aspects of globalisation.
Globalization is now widely discussed, but the debates often focus on economic issues. John Tomlinson goes far beyond traditional discussions to analyze the wide-ranging cultural, social, and moral aspects of globalization.
For two hundred years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world order that is open, loosely rules-based, and oriented toward progressive ideas. Today this project is in crisis, threatened from the outside by illiberal challengers and from the insid…
For two hundred years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world order that is open, loosely rules-based, and oriented toward progressive ideas. Today this project is in crisis, threatened from the outside by illiberal challengers and from the insid…
"A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era. For two hundred years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world order that is open, loosely rules-based, and oriented toward progressive ideas. Today this …
"This book is a sweeping story of black internationalism across the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean worlds, told through the life and work of twentieth-century environmental activist Pauulu Kamarakafego. Quito Swan shows how Kamarakafego helped connect liberation efforts of …
Corner Stones: Hamilton, Harlem, and Havana -- Twenty-One-Gun Salute: Armed and Dangerous in Orangeburg -- Liberia: First-Class Africa -- Kenya: All of Africa Is on Our Backs -- Anans's Revolution -- Black Power in the Caribbean, Signed Stokely Carmichael -- Aborigine? Not Puert…
