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Power and Politics in World Athletics - A Critical History (Hardcover)
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Power and Politics in World Athletics - A Critical History (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
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This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most
powerful international sport organisations, the International
Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since 2019 known as
World Athletics. The book critically assesses the internal power
relations within the IAAF by focusing on the IAAF leadership. Based
on extensive archival research, Power and Politics in World
Athletics offers a nuanced analysis of the institutionalised
strategies that developed as a reflection of the IAAF's interests
and aims to create a broader understanding of the global sport
system. With only six presidents in over a century of existence,
the IAAF's leaders had profound impacts on other international
institutions, national stakeholders and sporting participants.
Through four sections, the book identifies various key turning
points in the history of the governing body of athletics, and
explores the IAAF's foundation, the policies of past IAAF
presidents, and controversial issues such as doping, corruption and
manipulation through a socio-historical lens. The book shows that
while anyone could take part in athletics, policies enacted by each
president served to ostracize those groups who did not fit into the
IAAF's vision of an equal playing field. This book is essential
reading for anyone with an interest in sport history, sport
sociology, the politics of sport, sport management, sport
governance, or international organisations.
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