Authoritarian States and Global Sport: The Contested Cases of Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Sport and authoritarianism have long been bedfellows, especially during the Cold War era. ‘Traditional’ authoritarian regimes—most notably the Soviet Union and its satellite states—learnt the art of instrumentalizing sport for political ends from each other. Motives for this included garnering inter...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Grix, Paul Michael Brannagan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/12/701
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