International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement

Beacom, Aaron

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“…Peacock, in addition to his work noted above, has provided important contributions on the IOC's place in the United Nations (Peacock, 2010 ); territorial disputes played out in the Olympic context (Peacock, 2008 ); and Olympic imperialism (Peacock, 2006 ). Beacom's ( 2012 ) monograph International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement provides a useful overview of everything from bids to boycotts against the backdrop of IR or, more specifically, what Cox ( 1983 , 1987 ) theorizes as “world order.”…”

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Hosting and Human Rights: The Summer Olympics in the Twenty-First Century

Ross¹,

McDougall²

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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During the twenty-first century, Summer Olympic Games have been used to distract from, justify and push through acts of increased securitization, surveillance, and displacement of the host city populace. Situating sport within the field of International Relations, we outline these civil and human rights intrusions across successive Games. From Sydney 2000 to Rio de Janeiro 2016, we explicate the consequences, contestedness, and evolution of repressive techniques applied at each Games using theories of hegemony espoused by Antonio Gramsci, Robert W. Cox, and Raymond Williams, among others. In doing so, we demonstrate how the International Olympic Committee (IOC), their partners and host cities are wedded in a symbolic and symbiotic courtship that manufactures local consent for and normalizes human right infringements; simultaneously providing the architecture for the spread and imposition of neoliberal order on the citizenry, while masking the damage done by and through the Olympics. Finally, we close by asserting that the current formulation of the Olympics are not ‘the best we can do.' Instead, through the counterhegemonic potential of critical approaches and engaged, strategic action, a transformation of critical consciousness - and the Olympics, into something to be proud of - remain a live and entirely possible option.

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Hosting and Human Rights: The Summer Olympics in the Twenty-First Century

Ross¹,

McDougall²

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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“…Sport can allow for local, regional, or even national differences and still provide a space to deal with diversity, racism, tribal and regional conflicts within a country. Indeed, this safe zone for disparate peoples to come together is a central reason that causes people to participate in sport events and, on a larger scale, undergirds the value of the Olympic movement [16]. For example, a country tried to employ players from other nationalities to use sport as a national pride tool.…”

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“…The Olympic movement includes the IOC and the hundreds of NOCs (National Olympic Committees). As well within sports and events associated with the Olympics, there are international federations, and the OCOGs (Organizational Committee of the Games), as well as national associations and clubs that are parts of this huge executive sport organization [16].…”

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Olympic Movement or Diplomatic Movement? The Role of Olympic Gameson Development of International Relations

Feizabadi¹,

Delgado²,

Khabiri³

et al. 2015

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Abstract:The Olympic Charter is categorized into three main sections: the IOC (International Olympic Committee), the IFs (International Federations) and NOCs (National Olympic Committees). Since the 1980s, the prominent functions of sport and in particular mega events such as the Olympic Games have been deeply analyzed by academic and political writers. Sporting mega events like the Olympic Games can produce lots of advantages: international branding and prestige, economic development, unity and cooperation, cultural exchanges and interactions, reduction in political isolation and sanctions, and so on. One of the most important legacies of Olympic Games for the host country/city is social cohesion, national pride and patriotism. For example, the success of Iran in the London 2012 Olympics resulted in heightened cultural identity and national prestige. Despite political and economic isolation resulting from international sanctions, Iranian athletes and coaches overcame obstacles to win four Olympic gold medals in "Mega Media Event" that is the summer Olympic Games. The present study demonstrates the interconnections between success in the Olympic Games and the development of nations. The data to support the analysis and arguments were gathered through public documents and interviews with sport diplomacy experts. At first, we investigated some international functions for sport, then we had 13 interviews with 11 Iranian and 2 foreign experts who had international positions in different sport organizations like IOC, Ifs, FIFA (Federation international the Football Association) and OCA (Olympic council of Asia). Finally, all information was organized into the following factors: enhancing international branding and prestige, international image, number of sport tourists as virtual industry in new millennium, national cohesion and identity, national patriotism, peacefulness, cultural exchanges among nations and reduce political boycotts and economic sanctions.

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2023

The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Thought and Practice in the Digital Age

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International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement

Cited by 29 publications

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Hosting and Human Rights: The Summer Olympics in the Twenty-First Century

Hosting and Human Rights: The Summer Olympics in the Twenty-First Century

Olympic Movement or Diplomatic Movement? The Role of Olympic Gameson Development of International Relations

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