{"product_id":"softpower-soccer-supremacy-j-a-mangan-9781433168819","title":"Softpower, Soccer, Supremacy: The Chinese Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003eXi Jinping's \"Soccer Revolution\" is unique: the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game. His purpose is to extend the global softpower projection of \"the Middle Kingdom\" an ancient Western imperial mantra (\"bread and circuses\") has been replaced by a modern Eastern \"imperial\" mantra (\"rice and pitches\"). The Asian Football Federation shares this \"allopathic\" vision of East Asian soccer: the future is Asia and it starts in China! Soccer is a talisman for a New Asia in a New Era. For China soccer is a hubristic instrument of softpower projection. \u003cem\u003eSoftpower, Soccer, Supremacy: The Chinese Dream\u003c\/em\u003e makes this point forcefully. In East Asia soccer in now \u003cem\u003e\"much more than a game\u003c\/em\u003e\"!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. a. Mangan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433168812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433168819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.10d","brand":"J. a. Mangan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088237900031,"sku":"9781433168819","price":126.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1626cda7-c3d8-4650-9c33-a88f5469723a.jpg?v=1769103819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/softpower-soccer-supremacy-j-a-mangan-9781433168819","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}