In the second half of the twentieth century, the Olympics played an
important role in the politics of the Cold War and was part of the
conflicts between the Capitalist Block, the Socialist Block and
Third World countries. The Games of the New Emerging Forces
(GANEFO) is one of the best examples of the politicization of sport
and the Olympics in the Cold War era. From the 1980s onward, the
Olympics has facilitated communication and cooperation between
nations in the post-Cold War era and contributed to the formation
of a new world order. In August 2016, the Games of the XXXI
Olympiad were held in Rio de Janeiro, making Brazil the first South
American country to host the Summer Olympics. This was widely
regarded as a new landmark event in the history of the modern
Olympic movement. From the GANEFO to Rio, the Olympic Games have
witnessed the shifting balance in international politics and world
economy. This book aims at understanding the transformation of the
Olympics over the past decades and tries to explain how the Olympic
movement played its part in world politics, the world economy and
international relations against the background of the rise of
developing countries. The chapters in this book were published as a
special issue in The International Journal of the History of Sport.
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