Who is taking part? Political subjectivity and Glasgow's Commonwealth Games.

Abstract: This paper examines the problems of locating political subjectivity in the midst of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games of 2014 and takes as its starting point Rancière's contention that politics cannot be defined on the basis of any pre‐existing subject. The Commonwealth Games, as both policy...

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Published in:	Area (0004-0894) Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 7 - 15
Main Author:	Fitzpatrick, Susan
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Mar2018
Subjects:	Social problems Social policy Populism Commonwealth Games Performative (Philosophy) Sports events
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