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The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-08-18
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book analyzes the International Olympic Committee, what makes the system work and whether it will survive in the twenty-first century considering the major changes that have taken place in sport over recent decades.

The International Olympic Committee, Law, and Accountability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 206

The International Olympic Committee, Law, and Accountability

The Olympic Games is unquestionably the largest and most important sporting event in the world. Yet who exactly is accountable for its successes and failures? This book examines the legitimacy and accountability of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This non-governmental organisation wields extraordinary power, but there is no democratic basis for its authority. This study questions the supremacy of the IOC, arguing that there is a significant accountability deficit. Investigating the conduct of the IOC from an international legal perspective, the book moves beyond a critique of the IOC to explore potential avenues for reform, means of improving democratic procedures and increasing accountability. If the Olympics are to continue to be our most celebrated sporting event, those who organise them must be answerable to the citizens that they can potentially harm as well as benefit. Full of original insights into the inner workings of the IOC, this book is essential reading for all those interested in the Olympics, sport policy, sport management, sport mega-events, and the law.

Tarnished Rings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Tarnished Rings

In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an organization in crisis. Revelations of a slush fund employed by Salt Lake City officials to secure votes from a number of IOC members in support of the city’s bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games invited intense scrutiny of the organization by the international media. The IOC and its president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, staggered through the opening weeks of the scandal, but ultimately Samaranch and key actors such as IOC vice president Richard Pound, marketing director Michael Payne, and director-general François Carrard weathered the storm. They also safeguarded the IOC’s autonomy and subsequent...

Tarnished Rings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 342

Tarnished Rings

In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an organization in crisis. Revelations of a slush fund employed by Salt Lake City officials to secure votes from a number of IOC members in support of the city’s bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games invited intense scrutiny of the organization by the international media. The IOC and its president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, staggered through the opening weeks of the scandal, but ultimately Samaranch and key actors such as IOC vice president Richard Pound, marketing director Michael Payne, and director-general François Carrard weathered the storm. They also safeguarded the IOC’s autonomy and subsequent...

The International Olympic Committee and the Modern Olympic Games
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 46

The International Olympic Committee and the Modern Olympic Games

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1950
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  • Publisher: Unknown

IOC, Olympische-Spiele, Organisation.

Olympic Charter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 110

Olympic Charter

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1995
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  • Publisher: Unknown

1. The Olympic Movement. 2. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 3. The International Federations (IFs). 4. The National Olympic Committees (NOCs). 5. The Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System

Provides informative and fascinating material on many aspects of what Olympism is all about: its history, its organization and its actors. As public attention is often drawn to the athletes and the scandal, the Olympic System as such is relatively little known.

Olympism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 872

Olympism

Compilation of the most important documents and speeches by Pierre de Coubertin on Olympism and the Olympic Games.

Selling the Five Rings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 420

Selling the Five Rings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The original scheme for the modern Olympic Games was hatched at an international sports conference at the Sorbonne in June 1894. At the time, few provisions were made for the financial underwriting of the project--providence and the beneficence of host cities would somehow take care of the costs. For much of the first century of modern Olympic history, this was the case, until the advent of television and corporate sponsorship transformed that idealism. Now, linking with the five-ring logo is good business. Advertising during the Olympic Games guarantees a global audience unmatched in size by any other sports audience in the world. However, if the image begins to tarnish and the corporate se...

The Olympic Games
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 136

The Olympic Games

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1967
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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