Entering the Global Arena Emerging States, Soft Power Strategies and Sports Mega-Events /

• Main Authors: Grix, Jonathan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Brannagan, Paul Michael (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lee, Donna (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Mega Event Planning,
• Subjects: Human geography.; Municipal government.; Urban geography.; Sociology, Urban.; Human Geography.; Urban Politics.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Studies/Sociology.

Set against a backdrop of concerns about the potential break-up or radical change to the global world order, this volume sets out to investigate the use of sports mega-events by a number of emerging states. Sports mega-events, it is argued, can be understood as a key component in states' '...