[图书][B] Entering the global arena: Emerging states, soft power strategies and sports mega-events

J Grix, PM Brannagan, D Lee - 2019 - books.google.com
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 …

From Western centralism to decentralization: Trends, breakthroughs and limitations in the world city network based on the winter olympic games

Y Ou, G Huang, R Chen, H Chen, A Xie, D Xue - Applied Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to the cultural world city networks (WCNs) study by examining a
Winter Olympics Games (WOGs)-based city network with the enhanced intercity connection …

Does country attractiveness matter in international competition? The case of countries' bidding to host major sports events

KH Lee, JL Chappelet - International Journal of Public …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A country's attractiveness is a factor in its success in many areas of international
competition, such as encouraging international investment, but its impact on international …

Growing dominance and soft power enhancement: Exploring Chinese cities' continual efforts to promote international sports events from a city network perspective

Y Ou, G Huang, Y Xu, A Xie, D Xue - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
While studies on World City Networks (WCNs) based on International Sports Events (ISEs)
have revealed a nonwesternization evolutionary trend, few studies have focused on high …

Sports mega-events and the concept of soft power

J Grix, PM Brannagan, D Lee, J Grix… - Entering the global …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract 'Soft power'is becoming a very popular term used by academics, politicians,
journalists and commercial organisations. Its widespread use has added to its lack of clarity …

Entering the global arena

J Grix, PM Brannagan, D Lee - Singapore: Palgrave Pivot. doi, 2019 - Springer
The Mega Event Planning Pivot series will provide a global and crossdisciplinary view into
the planning for the world's largest sporting, religious, cultural, and other transformative …