TY - GEN
T1 - Olympic Boycotts in the 21st Century
AU - Brownell, Susan
N1 - Before 1992, Olympic boycotts were led by national governments protesting against other national governments. Civil actors sometimes called for the relocation of games (most notably the Berlin 1936 Olympics), but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has never moved the host city for political reasons.
PY - 2021/10/15
Y1 - 2021/10/15
N2 - The world order has undergone tremendous changes since the U.S.- and USSR-led Olympic boycotts during the Cold War. The growing political influence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has led some scholars to assert that NGOs have become “the third force” in global politics after governments and corporations. NGOs are currently leading calls to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, aiming to pressure the Chinese government to improve its human rights record and, in particular, end the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. This raises questions about how much influence NGOs can exercise over governments, and whether real changes have occurred in the balance of power between NGOs, governments, and corporations during the post-Cold War era.
AB - The world order has undergone tremendous changes since the U.S.- and USSR-led Olympic boycotts during the Cold War. The growing political influence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has led some scholars to assert that NGOs have become “the third force” in global politics after governments and corporations. NGOs are currently leading calls to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, aiming to pressure the Chinese government to improve its human rights record and, in particular, end the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. This raises questions about how much influence NGOs can exercise over governments, and whether real changes have occurred in the balance of power between NGOs, governments, and corporations during the post-Cold War era.
KW - Human Rights and Development
UR - https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/10/15/olympic-boycotts-in-the-21st-century-could-one-occur-and-what-would-be-its-impact-on-china/
M3 - Other contribution
ER -