Managing the Paralympics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Darcy, Simon (Editor), Frawley, Stephen (Editor), Adair, Daryl (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Internet marketing.; Management.; Tourism.; Religion and culture.; Sports > Sociological aspects.; Human body > Social aspects.; Business and Management.; Online Marketing/Social Media.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Sociology of the Body.; Tourism Management.; Sociology of Culture.

This book critically examines the planning, management, and operations of the world’s premier event for Para sport athletes. Noting a lack of research into how these games are planned and managed, the authors of this contributed volume discuss how the Paralympics are essentially different to the Oly...