Cycling Diplomacy: Undemocratic Regimes and Professional Road Cycling Teams Sponsorship

ISBN-13: 9783631860038 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 158 str.

Jir? Z?kravsk?

Opis

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 from Kazakhstan, Russia, Bahrain and the UAE decided to create and support their own WorldTour teams.

Spis treści

Cycling diplomacy - sports diplomacy - sports sponsorship - soft power - undemocratic regimes - Astana Pro Team - Team Katusha - Bahrain McLaren - UAE Team Emirates

O autorze

Jirí Zákravský works as an assistant professor at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. His central area of research includes sports diplomacy and the use of sport as a political tool in general.