Abstract
This introduction gives an overview of the major issues in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. It identifies and describes six problematic areas for this USD 50 billion mega-project: grandeur, domestic spectacle, soft power, neopatrimonialism, human rights and civil society.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 153-157 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | East European Politics |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Feb 2014 |
Keywords
- Olympic Games
- mega-event
- mega-project
- impacts
- Sochi
- Russia