Global Sport Leaders : A Biographical Analysis of International Sport Management /
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| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Editors and Contributors; List of Tables; 1 Introduction: Becoming a Global Sport Leader; Two Models of Globalised Sport; Management Science, Sport and History; Fifteen Portraits; Age No Barrier; Long-Serving Presidents: Stability or Stagnation?; Sport's Career Ladder; Olympic Elitism; Lawyers, Businessmen and Athletes; Political Colours; European Hegemony over a Male-Dominated World; The "Dassler Revolution"; The Challenge of Increased Professionalization; Bibliography; Part I Founding Ideologies; 2 Pierre de Coubertin: The Inventor of the Olympic Tradition
- A Young French Aristocrat Lost in a RepublicForming France's Elites Through Sport; A Pioneer in the Field of International Sports Exchanges; A Vision of the Olympic Games as a Force for Unity and Peace in the World; At the Heart of the First Standardisation of International Sport; A Simple Set of Internal Regulations for the IOC; The Cenacle of "Trustees of the Olympic Idea"; A Reactionary Social Utopia; Biography; Bibliography; 3 Alice Milliat: A Feminist Pioneer for Women's Sport; A Provincial French Woman in Cosmopolitan London; From Femina Sport to the Head of Women's Sport in France
- A Revolution: Women in Charge of Women's SportSupport from France's Feminists; All Sports for All; Winning Over the French Media; Creation and Conquest of the FSFI; The Admission of Women to the Olympic Games; Conclusion; Biography; Bibliography; 4 Jules Rimet: FIFA's Missionary President; Introduction; Between Catholicism and Liberalism; The First President of a French Sports Federation to Embrace Professionalism; FIFA President and the Quest for Financial Independence; A Professional World Cup Versus an Amateur Olympic Tournament; Rimet's Presidency: The Golden Age of Universalism?
- Universalism Versus ContinentalismConclusion; Biography; Bibliography; 5 Henri de Baillet-Latour: Globalising the Olympic Movement; An Heir, a Sportsman and a Cosmopolitan Socialite; A Pragmatic Leader and a Return to Autocracy; The New Olympic Europe; The Olympics Colonise the World; The Successful Globalisation of Olympism; Biography; Bibliography; Part II 1970-1980s: The "Dassler Revolution"; 6 João Havelange: A Businessman for World Soccer; Introduction; João Havelange's Early Career and Election as FIFA President; An Entrepreneurial Background; A Career in Brazilian Sport
- FIFA's 1974 ElectionFIFA at the Time of João Havelange's Election as President; Campaigning for the FIFA Presidency; Winning the FIFA Presidency; FIFA's Growth Under João Havelange; The New President Makes His Mark; Increasing FIFA's Financial Resources; FIFA and the Development of World Soccer; The Presidency Ends Under a Cloud; Biography; 7 Philippe Chatrier: The Fight to Control Professional Tennis; Philippe Chatrier's Career; The "Chatrier System"; A Policy to Expand and Restructure Tennis; Roland Garros, an Essential Promotional and Financial Tool for the FFT