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Titolo: | The Sochi predicament : contexts, characteristics and challenges of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 / / edited by Bo Petersson and Karina Vamling |
Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina: | 796.980947 |
Soggetto topico: | Hosting of sporting events - Russia (Federation) - Sochi |
Altri autori: | PeterssonBo VamlingKarina |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | part I. Olympic perspectives -- part II. Identity matters -- part III. Internal order and security -- part IV. Caucasian knots. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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... |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Sochi predicament |
ISBN: | 1-4438-5445-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816405103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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