Authoritarian Bidding: Domestic Institutions and the Domestic Politics of Mega-Sporting Event Campaigns

• In Event: Authoritarianism and International Politics

Brief Overview

Authoritarian regimes with nominally democratic institutions bid for mega-sporting events to display legitimacy and unity, using international spectacle as a low-risk strategy of domestic and global political performance.

Authors

• Zanela Denise Sygaco Bajarias, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

• Dongkyu Kim, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley