02365nam 2200553 450 991045347940332120200520144314.01-4438-5445-X(CKB)2550000001182141(EBL)1595331(SSID)ssj0001168321(PQKBManifestationID)11686662(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001168321(PQKBWorkID)11132703(PQKB)10821415(MiAaPQ)EBC1595331(Au-PeEL)EBL1595331(CaPaEBR)ebr10828276(CaONFJC)MIL562167(OCoLC)868489022(EXLCZ)99255000000118214120140129d2013 uy| 0engur|n#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Sochi predicament contexts, characteristics and challenges of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 /edited by Bo Petersson and Karina VamlingNewcastle upon Tyne :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2013.1 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-4937-5 1-306-30916-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.part I. Olympic perspectives -- part II. Identity matters -- part III. Internal order and security -- part IV. Caucasian knots.For a variety of political, climatic, ecological, security-related and other reasons, the Russian summer resort of Sochi by the Black Sea would seem a most unlikely candidate for the Olympic Winter Games. Despite this, the Games will be held there in February 2014, and the Russian leaders regard the Games as a highly prestigious project underlining Russia's return to a status of great power in the contemporary world. This book conducts a thorough inventory of the contexts, characteristics and...Hosting of sporting eventsRussia (Federation)SochiElectronic books.Hosting of sporting events796.980947Petersson Bo920280Vamling Karina920281MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453479403321The Sochi predicament2064175UNINA