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WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency A Multi-Level Legitimacy Analysis

By Daniel Read, James Skinner, Daniel Lock, Aaron C.T. Smith Copyright 2021

220 Pages

by Routledge

220 Pages

by Routledge

220 Pages

by Routledge

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Description

Examining the legitimacy of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this book offers a critical analysis of the anti-doping system and the social and behavioural processes that shape policy, asking why the current system is failing. Featuring in-depth, contemporary case studies from around the world, including the whereabouts system; Lance Armstrong; therapeutic use exemptions; the Essendon Bombers;... Read more

Table of Contents

1. The Current State of Anti-Doping

2. Multi-level Legitimacy

3. The Creation of WADA

4. The Whereabouts System

5. Lance Armstrong and the Union Cycliste Internationale

6. Therapeutic Use Exemptions

7. Substance Use Control at the Essendon Football Club

8. Recreational Drugs

9. The Russian Olympic Doping Scandal

10. Managing the Legitimacy of the World Anti-Doping Agency

Appendix

Author(s)

Biography

Daniel Read is Lecturer in Sport Business at the Institute for Sport Business, Loughborough University London, United Kingdom.

James Skinner is Professor in Sport Business at the Institute for Sport Business, Loughborough University London, United Kingdom.

Daniel Lock is Principal Academic in the Department of Sport and Event Management, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom.

Aaron Smith is Professor in Sport Business at the Institute for Sport Business, Loughborough University London, United Kingdom.

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