International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System - The Governance of World Sport

Zusatztext "Recommended. Graduate students through faculty and professionals." -- CHOICE! Mar 2009 Vol. 46 No. 07"The authors have provided a comprehensive! detailed and invaluably informative text."Alan Tomlinson! University of Brighton Informationen zum Autor Jean-Loup Chappelet , PhD, is Professor of Public Management at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) associated to the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Brenda Kübler-Mabbott is a writer, editor, and translator for various academic institutions and international organizations. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. A Brief Overview of the Olympic System 2. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) 3. The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) 4. The International Sports Federations (IFs) 5. The Olympic Games and their Organising Committees 6. Governments and the Olympic System 7. The Regulators Olympic Governance: Some Conclusions

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• Authors: Jean-Loup Chappelet, Jean-Loup (Swiss Graduate School of Pub Chappelet, Jean-Loup (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration Chappelet, Jean-Loup Kubler-Mabbott Chappelet, Jean-Loup/ Kubler-Mabbott Chappelet, CHAPPELET JEAN LOUP KUBLER MABBOT, Chappelet Jean-Loup, Brenda Kubler-Mabbott
• Assisted by: Brenda Kübler-Mabbott (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2008
• EAN: 9780415431675
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43167-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Global Institutions; Routledge Global Institutions; Global Institutions
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Sports governing bodies, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games