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International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement: The New Mediators (Global Culture and Sport)
Aaron Beacom
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Description for International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement: The New Mediators (Global Culture and Sport)
Hardcover. This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic movement, charting both its continuity and change from an historical perspective. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; JPSD; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic Movement, charting its continuity and change from an historical perspective. Using the recent body of literature on diplomacy it explores the evolution of diplomatic discourse around a number of themes, in particular the increasing range of stakeholders engaged in the Olympic bid, disability advocacy and the mainstreaming of the Paralympic Games and the evolution of the Olympic boycott. The work addresses the increasing engagement of a number of non-state actors, in particular the IOC and the IPC, as indicative of the diffusion of contemporary diplomacy. At the same time ... Read more
This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic Movement, charting its continuity and change from an historical perspective. Using the recent body of literature on diplomacy it explores the evolution of diplomatic discourse around a number of themes, in particular the increasing range of stakeholders engaged in the Olympic bid, disability advocacy and the mainstreaming of the Paralympic Games and the evolution of the Olympic boycott. The work addresses the increasing engagement of a number of non-state actors, in particular the IOC and the IPC, as indicative of the diffusion of contemporary diplomacy. At the same time ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Global Culture and Sport Series
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230241060
SKU
V9780230241060
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About Aaron Beacom
AARON BEACOM Senior Lecturer in Sport Policy and Programme Leader for the MA in Applied Sport Development at University College Plymouth St. Mark and St. John, UK. He has previously published Sport and International Development (with R. Levermore). His current research relates to the international development of disability sport.
Reviews for International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement: The New Mediators (Global Culture and Sport)
"The book is a brilliantly researched documentation of the history of diplomacy related to the Games ... [it] represents a timely foray into sport's relevance to political developments; especially pertinent given the current attention paid to the repercussions for host countries of hosting mega-events. It fastidiously scours the annals of communiques treated as 'discourse' originating from actors such as the ... Read more