Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I Athletes' issues in Olympic and Paralympic Games -- 1 Dual career: balancing success in sport and life -- 2 How a system of judicial precedent may help the rights of athletes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) -- 3 Disability, classification and the Paralympics: inclusion and exclusion of elite athletes with disabilities -- 4 Women: rules and classifications in the Olympics and Paralympics -- 5 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games: human rights, unfair advantage and exclusion -- 6 Sport and nationality at the Olympic and Paralympic Games: flags of convenience? -- PART II Olympic and Paralympic business -- 7 Olympic values: Sponsorship, values and integrity in sport creating a paradigm shift -- 8 Paralympic brand governance: the best of both worlds? -- 9 Sponsoring the Paralympic Games and breaking barriers -- 10 Olympic broadcast rights -- 11 Activation of Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship -- 12 Legal aspects of the Olympics and ambush marketing -- 13 The evolving #rule40 of the Olympic Charter: balancing the interest of sponsors vs athletes -- 14 Towards a shared Olympic responsibility: paradoxes and challenges -- 15 Esports in the Olympic and Paralympic Games: the business case for integration -- 16 Organizing the Olympic Games -- 17 Referendums at Olympic Games -- PART III The governance of the Olympic and Paralympic Games -- 18 The composition of the IOC: origins and key turning points in the governance of the Olympic movement -- 19 Changing parasport landscape and the evolution of the International Paralympic Committee governance.

20 Organisational change campaigns of the Olympic movement: insights from structural and cultural adaptations -- 21 Sleeping with an elephant: the relationship between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee -- 22 The autonomy of the Olympic and sport movement -- 23 Political autonomy and control of national Olympic committees -- 24 The changing attitude of the IOC and the IPC towards WADA and the governance of anti-doping -- 25 Board renewal and good governance in the Olympic movement -- 26 The relationship between the IOC and international sport federations -- 27 The governance of the Court of Arbitration for Sport -- PART IV Socio-cultural and political issues of the Olympic and Paralympic Games -- 28 Theory and social science-based research in scholarship around the Paralympic Games -- 29 Olympic and Paralympic Games and human rights -- 30 Sport for Development and Peace: convergence and divergence with the Olympic movement -- 31 Home advantage in the Olympic and Paralympic Games -- 32 Debating the future of Olympic and Paralympic legacy -- 33 Can health-related legacies through physical activity and sport be delivered by the Olympic and Paralympic Games? -- 34 Olympic and Paralympic impacts in non-host city regions -- 35 Legacies beyond the Olympic and Paralympic Games: the case of two Youth Olympic Games -- 36 Arts and culture in the Olympic and Paralympic Games -- 37 Olympic and Paralympic Games education programmes: education as engagement from a practitioner's view -- Index.

This handbook offers an important and timely contribution to the interdisciplinary field of Olympic Studies. It provides a complete analysis of current and future economic, commercial, socio-political, cultural and governance challenges facing both the Olympic and Paralympic Games, their athletes and institutions.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.