Manchester Plays Games: Exploring the Local Politics of Globalisation
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Urban Studies
- Vol. 33 (8), 1319-1336
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098966673
Abstract
Using the example of Manchester's Olympic bidding process, the paper examines some of the links between globalisation and what has become known as the 'new urban politics'. The politics of the city...Keywords
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