Entertain and Govern. From Sochi 2014 to FIFA 2018.
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2018
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Routledge
Abstract
The article looks at Russia’s international sports politics from two different perspectives. The authors discuss sport mega-events as instruments of legitimizing the existing regime and stabilizing its foundations. They argue that, due to mega-events, the Russian state has found itself under persistent external pressures from international organizations, and has had to react to them and adjust its legal norms and policy practices accordingly. The key argument of the article is that both elements of the puzzle can be approached as central elements of governmentality
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sport mega events, Russia, spordi suurüritused, Venemaa