The International Olympic Committee, Law, and Accountability

Ryan Gauthier (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

220 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-67639-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Ryan Gauthier is an Assistant Professor of Law at Thompson Rivers University, Canada. He completed his PhD thesis on the accountability of the International Olympic Committee at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2015

1. Introduction to the Book: @SochiProblems

2. Understanding the International Olympic Committee as a Global Governance Actor

3. Structural Legitimacy: The International Olympic Committee, The Olympic Games and the Problem of Many Hands

4. Substantive Legitimacy: ‘New’ Olympic Hosts and the Worst Outcomes of the Olympic Games

5. Procedural Legitimacy: The Olympic Games Host Selection Process

6. Whose Games Are They Anyway? Accountability Through a Principal-Agent Framework

7. Learning from the World Bank: Towards an Accountability Forum for the Olympic Games

8. Towards a More Accountable Olympic Movement

Erscheinungsdatum	13.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht
ISBN-10	1-138-67639-X / 113867639X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-67639-8 / 9781138676398
Zustand	Neuware