Abstract The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, were during the preparations
and run-up phase intensely followed by the global community and were generally …

This chapter focuses on three areas that before the Sochi Olympics were often discussed as
holding particularly acute problems. The first is related to infrastructural investments in the …

While questioning the universalization, naturalization, neutralization, and idealization of
sport and physical culture, this paper examines the ultimate mystification process of sport …

This chapter addresses practices of preparation for and hosting of sports mega events in
Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, the study of which is conceptualized within a post …

In this article we discuss the effects of the Sochi Olympics on the indigenous Circassian
population in North Caucasus. The Circassian situation was paradoxical in the sense that …

This article discusses two cultural products associated with the Winter Olympics in Sochi
2014: the 'Russian Alphabet'video that was used as part of the opening ceremony; and the …

Språkliga förändringar sker i regel mycket långsamt, men när man blickar ett trettiotal år
tillbaka i tiden till 1987 är det slående hur mycket och hur snabbt situationen har förändrats i …

The Russian state guided the extended narration of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games,
and hence the reproduction of the Russian nation in the months preceding the spectacle …

Mitchell, N., and J. McCormick. 1988. Economic and political explanations of human rights
violations. World Politics 40 (4): 476–498. New York Times. 2014. IOC approves sweeping …