Mega Events in Post-Soviet Eurasia

1. Introduction: Sports, Politics and Boundaries: Playing the Inclusion/Exclusion Games
Andrey Makarychev, Alexandra Yatsyk

Part I. Mega-Events and Social Issues

2. Mega Events as Agents of State Socialization: Human Rights Protests in Beijing, 2008, and Sochi, 2014
Richard Arnold

3. The 2014 Winter Olympics Bid Book as Site of National Identity Constitution
Philipp Casula

4. Vanished in the Haze: White Elephants, Environmental Degradation and Circassian Marginalization in Post-Olympics Sochi
Bo Petersson, Karina Vamling

Part II. Post-Soviet Autocracies and Mega-Events

5. Ice Hockey World Championship in Belarus: Political Context
Ryhor Nizhnikau, Niko Alvari

6. Kazakhstan and the Global Industry of Mega Events: A Case of Autocratic Management
Adilzhan Nurmakov

7. First European Olympic Games in Baku: New Articulation of Azerbaijani Identity?
Anar Valiyev

Part III. Global Norms and Local Governance

8. Fiscal Framework for Mega-Events in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Shifting the Borderline or Raising the Bar?
Karolina Tetłak

9. Regional Dimensions of Global Games: The Case of Sports Mega events in Tatarstan
Alexandra Yatsyk

10. From Sochi—2014 to FIFA—2018: The Crisis of Sovereignty and the Challenges of Globalization
Andrey Makarychev

Keywords: Social Sciences, Human Geography, Political Sociology, Urban Studies/Sociology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure