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Routledge Handbook of Sport and Soft Power

Routledge Handbook of Sport and Soft Power

Brannagan, Paul Michael
Grix, Jonathan
Reiche, Danyel

Hardcover

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

Sports GeneralInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1032899077
ISBN13: 9781032899077
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 19 2026
Pages: 424
Weight: 1.98
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

This is the first book to fully examine - in depth and breadth - the topic of sport as soft power.

With nation states increasingly realising the potential of sport as a geopolitical tool, and with sporting organisations becoming increasingly visible and influential as political actors on the global stage, this book explores the international politics of sport and the geopolitical trends that are likely to shape international sport for decades to come. The book begins by defining soft power and looking at how international relations theory can help us to better understand the geopolitical significance of sport. The book then takes a close look at how sport has been used as soft power around the world, offering detailed case studies of more than thirty countries, including the US, the UK, China, Russia, the Gulf states, Brazil, Australia, Turkey, and South Africa. A final part examines some important key themes and contemporary issues in the geopolitics of sport, including sportswashing, human rights, the power of transnational corporations, and gender in sporting mega-events.

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