Cycling diplomacy : undemocratic regimes and professional road cycling teams sponsorship
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Cycling diplomacy : undemocratic regimes and professional road cycling teams sponsorship
(Studies in politics, security and society / edited by Stanisław Sulowski, 40)
Peter Lang, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-151) and index
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Description
Due to the financial situation in the professional road peloton, many cycling teams struggle to find their sponsors. This situation is an opportunity for undemocratic politicians to promote their countries via cycling. Thus, some of them decided to create and support their own cycling teams. Generally, four WorldTour teams supported by undemocratic regimes and their governments have existed in professional cycling history. This book focuses on all of them; it reflects the existence of the Kazakh Astana Pro Team, the Russian Team Katusha (supported by the Russian government until the end of the 2015 season), the Bahrain Victorious (formerly called Bahrain Merida and Bahrain McLaren) or the UAE Team Emirates and the way they are/were used as sports diplomacy instruments.
Table of Contents
Cycling diplomacy - sports diplomacy - sports sponsorship - soft power - undemocratic regimes - Astana Pro Team - Team Katusha - Bahrain McLaren - UAE Team Emirates
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