Managing the Paralympics

"Only recently has the Paralympics become subject to the same bidding scrutiny as the Olympics. This is also reflected in the absence of significant Paralympic event management and research literature. This is odd because the Paralympics in many ways is a more complex event to organize. Through this new book the editors and authors have done a great job in providing an excellent foundationalk reference work for both Paralympics event managers and sport management scholars." (Hans Westerbeek, Professor of Sport Business, Pro Vice Chancellor sport strategy and Dean, College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University)

Including emergent models of best practice from event management, project management and sport management literature, the book gives an insight into the planning of one of the world’s biggest sporting events that encompasses ten impairment types and multiple sport classes within sports.

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 Olympics and what this means for their management. Managing the Paralympics explores how the organizers and connected stakeholders effectively organize and deliver the Paralympics, taking into account what has been learned from previous events. Including emergent models of best practice from event management, project management and sport management literature, the book gives an insight into the planning of one of the world’s biggest sporting events that encompasses ten impairment types and multiple sport classes within sports.