Olympic Games in Beijing (2008), Sochi (2014) the Rio de Janeiro (2016) as a Result of the Influence of the BRICS
The awarding of the Olympic Games has been primarily studied from the following perspectives: 1) the personalities involved in the process; 2) the transparency-corruption of the selection process; 3) the infrastructure and the quality of the contesting cities bids. Based on a historical review of the process for awarding the Olympic Games, our purpose is to analyze the prevailing tendencies involved in the selection of the host countries and to link the selection with the position that the host countries occupy within the current international order. To exemplify our argument, we will use the cases of the awarding of the 2008 Beijing, the 2014 Sochi, and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.