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Title The Sochi predicament : contexts, characteristics and challenges of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 / edited by Bo Petersson and Karina Vamling.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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 ...
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Subject Olympic Winter Games (22nd : 2014 : Sochi, Russia)
Olympic Winter Games.
Winter Olympics -- Security measures -- Russia (Federation) -- Sochi.
Winter Olympics.
Security systems.
Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) -- Sochi.
Winter Olympics -- Economic aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- Sochi.
Winter Olympics -- Economic aspects.
Sports and tourism -- Economic aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- Sochi.
Sports and tourism.
Winter Olympics -- Planning.
Winter Olympics -- Planning.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bo, Petersson.
Vamling, Karina.
Other Form: Print version: Sochi predicament 1443849375 (OCoLC)854749349
ISBN 9781443854450 (electronic book)
144385445X (electronic book)
1443849375
9781443849371