Nationalism and sport: A review of the field

R Arnold - Nationalities Papers, 2021 - cambridge.org
The connection between nationalism and sport seems at once both obvious and manifest,
with the most lavish praise of the nation often arising at sporting events. While a sizeable …

Channelling soft power: The Qatar 2022 world cup, migrant workers, and international image

M Al Thani - The international journal of the history of sport, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The overarching aim of this study was to examine the role of sport and, in particular, the
impact of Qatar's hosting of the FIFA World Cup in how Qatar has dealt with human rights …

Mega-event simulacrum: critical reflections on the sustainability legacies of the world cup 2018 for the Russian host cities

P Ermolaeva, A Lind - Problems of Post-Communism, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The research critically reflects on the way that the 2018 FIFA World Cup Sustainability
Strategy was implemented for Russian host cities through case studies of the cities of Kazan …

Sport and domestic “soft power” in Russia: Take the skinheads bowling

R Arnold - Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Is the financial and social cost of hosting Sporting Mega Events “worth it?” Were the motives
for Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup and other SMEs primarily international? How has …

Remember the Chechens: A process-tracing analysis of the evolution of Chechen terrorism

CD Albert, M Freitag, C Forde - Iran and the Caucasus, 2020 - brill.com
This explorative study uses descriptive process tracing to outline the evolution of Chechen
terrorism from 1994-2017. Analysis begins with simple descriptive statistics that characterize …

Vladimir Putin, Russian foreign policy, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup: Making Russia great again

A Foxall - Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter explores the extent to which Russia's hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was
discursively constructed, by President Vladimir Putin and other practitioners of statecraft in …

Introduction: A sporting riddle wrapped in mystery

R Arnold - Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 2018 World Cup was a
spectacular event and a roaring success on several fronts. It was at once a profound …

[PDF][PDF] HOSTING MEGA-SPORT EVENTS–COSTS AND BENEFITS FOR RUSSIA

I Pop, D Bulin, AL Kanovici, L Brad - New Trends in Sustainable …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The organization of sports competitions far exceeded the specific importance of events
addressed exclusively to the fans. Major mega-sports events (World Football Championship …