Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312731 
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Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management
Publisher: 
Routledge, Oxford
Abstract: 
This book is a bold and ambitious analysis of the challenges facing global sport in the 21st century and how those challenges can be met through good governance, management and regulation. Connecting the political and managerial dimensions of sport, from international governing bodies such as the International Olympic Committee through to national governing bodies, leagues and professional sport organisations, the book offers a new way of thinking about the trajectory of contemporary sport. Adopting an innovative multi-level approach - across macro, meso and micro levels – the book explores the key challenges currently facing sport, including the rapid emergence of new sports such as MMA and adventure sports; the arrival of new actors in the international sport ecosystem, such as the Gulf states and private equity investment; the growth of new technologies, such as AI; and socio-political and developmental issues such as integrity, sustainability, demographic change and sport-for-development. It considers the interaction of actors at different levels, from states to athletes and across the public and private sectors, and explores different models of sport around the world, including the dominant European and North American models. Its findings support the argument that current and future international sports governance and regulation require a more complex and nuanced method of analysis. Offering a new vision for global sport, this is essential reading for advanced students, researchers, policymakers or practitioners working in sport management, governance or policy, or with a general interest in strategy, governance or public policy.
Subjects: 
Emmanuel Bayle
sport governance
sport organisations
Olympic
sport federations
national governing bodies
NGBs
professional sport
mega-sporting events
MSEs
International Olympic Committee
IOC
volunteering
athlete voice
national Olympic committees
NOCs
European sport model
North American sport model
SPLISS model
professional leagues
professional clubs
performance management
sport management
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ISBN: 
978-1-040-16472-3
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Document Type: 
Book

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