Sports mega-events as part of a nation's soft power strategy: The cases of Germany (2006) and the UK (2012)

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 572-596

  Grix, Jonathan ^a   Houlihan, Barrie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

International prestige; Soft power; Sports mega events

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; OLYMPIC GAMES; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; SPORT;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84908673006     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-856X.12017     Document Type: Article

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