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Informationen zum Autor Ian Brittain is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University, UK. He has formerly been an Executive Board member of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation and was the Sports Coordinator for the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games in Rio de Janeiro and currently acts as Heritage Advisor to IWAS. He has attended the last four Summer Paralympic Games in Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London and was a Ceremonies Consultant for the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony. His research focuses upon sociological, historical and sports management aspects of Paralympic and disability sport. Zusammenfassung The Paralympic Games Explained is still the only complete introduction to the Paralympic phenomenon. Now in a fully revised second edition, it includes new material on Vancouver 2010 to Rio 2016. It is essential reading for all students interested in disability sport, sporting mega-events, the politics of sport, or disability in society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The history and development of the Paralympic Games 2. The Olympic Movement and the Paralympic Games 3. The governance of Paralympic sport 4. Disability and the body 5. The broader social issues of disability within society and their impact on sports participation 6. Media, marketing and disability sport 7. Major issues within the Paralympic Movement 8. Diversity and the Paralympic Games 9. International perspectives on Paralympic participation 10. The Special Olympics, intellectual disability and the Paralympic Games
