Soft power and soft disempowerment: Qatar, global sport and football’s 2022 World Cup finals

This paper examines the critical role of global sport within Qatar’s international strategy, most notably through the successful bid to stage the 2022 football World Cup. Our discussion draws particularly on interviews with key stakeholders in the Qatari sport system, as well as fieldwork in Qatar a...

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Main Authors: Paul Brannagan, Richard Giulianotti
Format: Default Article
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20902
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