Robert W Orttung, Sufian N Zhemukhov

Putin's Olympics

The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

President Vladimir Putin's Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics were designed to symbolize Russia's return to great power status, but subsequent aggression against Ukraine, large-scale corruption, and the doping scandal have become the true legacies of the games. Putin's style of governance through mega-projects has had deleterious consequences for the country's development. Placing the Sochi games into the larger context of Olympic history, this book examines the political, security, business, ethnic, societal, and international consequences of Putin's political system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780367185985
• ISBN-10: 0367185989
• Artikelnr.: 54998311

Autorenporträt

Robert W. Orttung is the Research Director of the Sustainability Collaborative and Associate Research Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. Sufian N. Zhemukhov is a Senior Research Associate at The George Washington University and Lecturer at The University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. .

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: How Putin's Political System Led to Olympic Corruption,
Military Adventurism and State-Sponsored Doping
2. The 2014 Sochi Olympic Mega-Project and Russia's Political Economy
3. Political and Civil Society and the Sochi Olympics
4. Security: Fighting Terrorism and Strengthening the Military
5. International Issues: Circassians, the Former Soviet Countries, and the
West
6. The Legacy of the Sochi Olympics