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This volume explores sporting mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value systems that they inscribe and draw on, the claims they m

This analysis explores the social history and politics of mega-events from the late 19th century to the present. Through case studies of events such as the 1851

President Vladimir Putin’s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics were designed to symbolize Russia’s

2024 marks the 100-year anniversary of the winter sports week festival celebrated in Chamonix in 1924, which is now recognized as the first Olympic Winter Games

The use of sporting and other mega-events to bring about transformation of socially deprived areas of major cities is becoming an increasingly important part of