The Hard Edge of Soft Power

This open access book explores the linkages between geopolitics and hosting mega-events. It encompasses and transcends the international and domestic dimensions of soft power to unpack how mega-events shape cities and societies through notions of unity and greatness, but also investigates local deve...

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description This open access book explores the linkages between geopolitics and hosting mega-events. It encompasses and transcends the international and domestic dimensions of soft power to unpack how mega-events shape cities and societies through notions of unity and greatness, but also investigates local developments beneath the Potemkin surface of the global spectacle. Drawing on a global range of case studies from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, this volume features the sensitivity of grounded local research framed within geopolitical perspectives. Together, they present an international and transdisciplinary understanding of the local and global political implications of hosting mega-events. The volume reveals what hides under the mega-event spectacle: problems that­ – regardless of national context – most often occur to the detriment of host populations. This is an open access book.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1613502025-06-14T05:05:10Z The Hard Edge of Soft Power Wolfe, Sven Daniel Mega Events Soft power Geopolitics Authoritarianism Olympics Olympic Games World Cup Hosting Sydney 2000 Olympic Games China Russia Eastern Europe FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar COP28 Africa Brazil Salt Lake City Iraq thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport and leisure thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities This open access book explores the linkages between geopolitics and hosting mega-events. It encompasses and transcends the international and domestic dimensions of soft power to unpack how mega-events shape cities and societies through notions of unity and greatness, but also investigates local developments beneath the Potemkin surface of the global spectacle. Drawing on a global range of case studies from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, this volume features the sensitivity of grounded local research framed within geopolitical perspectives. Together, they present an international and transdisciplinary understanding of the local and global political implications of hosting mega-events. The volume reveals what hides under the mega-event spectacle: problems that­ – regardless of national context – most often occur to the detriment of host populations. This is an open access book. 2025-06-14T05:05:10Z 2025-06-14T05:05:10Z 2025-06-13T09:21:56Z 2025 book ONIX_20250613T105552_9789819635153_47 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103605 9789819635153 9789819635146 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161350 eng Mega Event Planning open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103605/1/9789819635153.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-981-96-3515-3 10.1007/978-981-96-3515-3 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 4bb461ae-a887-4564-b3a7-29e6d7e08318 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 9789819635153 9789819635146 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Palgrave Macmillan 153 Singapore [...] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung ror.org/00yjd3n13 open access
spellingShingle Mega Events
Soft power
Geopolitics
Authoritarianism
Olympics
Olympic Games
World Cup
Hosting
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
China
Russia
Eastern Europe
FIFA World Cup 2022
Qatar
COP28
Africa
Brazil
Salt Lake City
Iraq
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport and leisure
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities
The Hard Edge of Soft Power
title The Hard Edge of Soft Power
title_full The Hard Edge of Soft Power
title_fullStr The Hard Edge of Soft Power
title_full_unstemmed The Hard Edge of Soft Power
title_short The Hard Edge of Soft Power
title_sort hard edge of soft power
topic Mega Events
Soft power
Geopolitics
Authoritarianism
Olympics
Olympic Games
World Cup
Hosting
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
China
Russia
Eastern Europe
FIFA World Cup 2022
Qatar
COP28
Africa
Brazil
Salt Lake City
Iraq
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport and leisure
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities
topic_facet Mega Events
Soft power
Geopolitics
Authoritarianism
Olympics
Olympic Games
World Cup
Hosting
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
China
Russia
Eastern Europe
FIFA World Cup 2022
Qatar
COP28
Africa
Brazil
Salt Lake City
Iraq
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport and leisure
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities
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