Full Description
Lausanne, the Swiss city IOC (International Olympic Committee) President Juan Antonio Samaranch honored with the title "Olympic capital" in 1994, is now the administrative capital of world sport. The past century has presented Olympism with many challenges and that continues to be the case today; the issues may have changed, but they are no less numerous. Controversies over phony amateurism, the two Chinas and the creation of a modern Olympia have been resolved, only to be replaced by questions of governance, compliance, strategy, responsible management, the size of the Games, the scarcity of bids and new forms of doping and corruption. All these themes are examined in the articles that make up this book published about 100 years after the establishment of the IOC's headquarters in Lausanne. This book was originally published as a special edition of Sport in Society.
Contents
1. From Olympic administration to Olympic governance: challenges for our century 2. From Olympic administration to Olympic governance 3. Olympic social responsibility: a challenge for the future 4. Agenda 2020 and the Olympic Movement 5. The management of big games: an introduction 6. The governance of the Olympic Games in Canada 7. The Olympic Games of Athens: 10 years later 8. From the Olympic dream to a down to earth approach: Lausanne's sports events hosting strategy 9. Coubertin's humanism facing post-humanism - implications for the future of the Olympic Games 10. Which governance for which organization? A postface
