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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Grix, Jonathan (Συγγραφέας, 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)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Mega Event Planning,
• Θέματα: 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' '...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Emerging States and the Shifting Balance of Global Power
• Chapter 3. Sports Mega-Events and the Concept of Soft Power
• Chapter 4. Brazil's Double Host Status
• Chapter 5. Russia's Unique Soft Power Strategy
• Chapter 6. China's Coming Out Party? The Beijing Olympics, 2008
• Chapter 7. South Africa and the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals
• Chapter 8. Qatar's Global Sports Strategy: Soft Power and the 2022 World Cup
• Chapter 9. Conclusion.