Sochi Predicament
Contexts, Characteristics and Challenges of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014
1st Edition
Published on 25. November 2013
268 pages
978-1-4438-5445-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 challenges facing the Sochi Games. It deals with the problems from Russian, Georgian, Abkhazian and Circassian perspectives and makes in-depth analyses of profound challenges related to matters such as identity, security, and ethnic relations. The book brings together an international group of eminent scholars representing different disciplinary perspectives, including political science, sports science, ethics, ethnology, and Caucasian studies.
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Karina Vamling | Bo Petersson | Karina Vamling
The Sochi Predicament
Contexts, Characteristics and Challenges of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- PART II
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- PART III
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- CHAPTER NINE
- PART IV
- CHAPTER TEN
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX OF NAMES
