Preface
1. Untangling the Link Between the Olympics and Legacy: An Introduction
2. Olympism, Contentious Politics and Social Change
3. A Resource Perspective on the Olympics
4. Leveraging Olympic Resources
5. Olympism in Action: A Capacity Building Perspective
6. National Sport Organisations Leveraging of the Olympics for Capacity Building
7. The Host Country’s Higher Education Sector and The Olympics: Interactions, Resources and Capacity Development
8. Olympic Interactions, Resource Leveraging and Capacity Building in Context: The Cases of the British Paralympic Association, British Cycling and the Russian Figure Skating Federation [with Nikolay Peshin]
9. Why Rethinking Olympic Legacy: Conclusion
Biography
Vassil Girginov is Reader in Sport Management and Development at Brunel University London and Visiting Professor at the Russian International Olympic University. His work is concerned with understanding the relationship between the Olympic Games and social change in various cultural and economic milieux. Girginov's most recent publications include: Olympic Studies (4-vol. set; Routledge, 2015), Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (2 vols; Routledge, 2012–2013), Sport Management Cultures (Routledge, 2011), and The Olympics: A Critical Reader (Routledge, 2010).
