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DESCRIPTION:Authoritarian regimes have long taken an interest in promoting 
 elite and mass sport\, deploying it as both a nation-building strategy and
  a tool to elicit respect and legitimacy on the global stage. However\, au
 thoritarian regimes do not all equally engage sport for these ends. Rather
 \, as I argue\, it is characteristic of ‘soft’ authoritarian regimes\, i.e
 . those that rely less on overtly violent tactics of maintaining power (‘c
 oercion’) and more on seemingly ‘positive’ tactics (‘persuasion’). Through
  the example of sport in Kazakhstan\, and specifically the Astana Professi
 onal Cycling Team\, I argue that nation-building through state promotion o
 f sport illustrates the ways that soft authoritarian regimes such as that 
 of Nursultan Nazarbayev perpetuate their rule. Natalie Koch is an Assistan
 t Professor in the Department of Geography at the Maxwell School of Syracu
 se University. She obtained her PhD in Geography from the University of Co
 lorado\, Boulder in 2012. She specializes in political geography\, post-So
 viet regional studies\, urban geography\, and qualitative methods. She has
  been conducting research in Central Asia since 2005. Lunch will be served
 . Speaking: Natalie Koch Assistant Professor Department of Geography\, the
  Maxwell School of Syracuse University Sponsor: Moynihan Institute of Glob
 al Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Moynihan European Research Centers\, Co-Sponsor
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SUMMARY:Moynihan European Research Centers present: Natalie Koch 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Authoritarian regimes have long taken an inter
 est in promoting elite and mass sport\, deploying it as both a nation-buil
 ding strategy and a tool to elicit respect and legitimacy on the global st
 age. However\, authoritarian regimes do not all equally engage sport for t
 hese ends. Rather\, as I argue\, it is characteristic of ‘soft’ authoritar
 ian regimes\, i.e. those that rely less on overtly violent tactics of main
 taining power (‘coercion’) and more on seemingly ‘positive’ tactics (‘pers
 uasion’). Through the example of sport in Kazakhstan\, and specifically th
 e Astana Professional Cycling Team\, I argue that nation-building through 
 state promotion of sport illustrates the ways that soft authoritarian regi
 mes such as that of Nursultan Nazarbayev perpetuate their rule. Natalie Ko
 ch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the Maxwell
  School of Syracuse University. She obtained her PhD in Geography from the
  University of Colorado\, Boulder in 2012. She specializes in political ge
 ography\, post-Soviet regional studies\, urban geography\, and qualitative
  methods. She has been conducting research in Central Asia since 2005. Lun
 ch will be served. Speaking: Natalie Koch Assistant Professor Department o
 f Geography\, the Maxwell School of Syracuse University Sponsor: Moynihan 
 Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Moynihan European Research Center
 s\, Co-Sponsor
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