International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement

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.

• List of Tables Preface Introduction PART I International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement Olympic Diplomacy: The IOC as Diplomatic Actor Mediation Through Impairment – Diplomacy and Paralympism International Diplomacy and the Olympic Bid International Diplomacy and the Olympic Boycott PART II Athens to Melbourne: British Olympic Diplomacy During the Formative Years From Rome to Athens: Foreign Relations and Olympic Diplomacy 2008: Re-aligning Power Relations – Beijing and Olympic Diplomacy New Challenges for Olympic Diplomacy: International Discourse and the 2012 London Games Perspectives on the Future of Olympic and Paralympic Diplomacy Bibliography Appendices Annex Endnotes

"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 International Olympic Committee, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the National Olympic Committees of host countries over the last 120 years." - International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics "Beacom's text provides a sound basis for further studies discussing and developing the concept of Olympic diplomacy by way of recognition of both Olympism's major role in international society and the evolving relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic Movement." - Diplomacy & Statecraft