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4.1. The Role of the IOC in the Olympic Games 71
4.2. Other Actors Involved in Executing the Olympic Games 74
5. Conclusion: Who is Accountable for the Olympic Games—The Problem of Many Hands 75
Chapter Four – Substantive Legitimacy: ‘New’ Olympic Hosts and the Worst Outcomes of the Olympic Games 79 1. Introduction 79 2. Minimum Moral Responsibility, Institutional Integrity, and the Olympic Games 80 2.1. Minimum Moral Responsibility and the IOC 80 2.2. Institutional Integrity—‘Legacy’ 83 3. The Olympic Games and Emerging Market Economies—An Accountability Gap 84 3.1. Europe as the Centre of Global Sport 84 3.2. Charting the Migration of Sports Mega-Events 85 3.3. Why Are the Olympic Games Migrating to Emerging Market Economies? 88 3.4. (Un-) Accountability of Emerging Market Economies and the IOC 94 4. The Worst Outcomes of the Olympic Games 98 4.1. Violations of Labour Rights 100 4.2. Forced Evictions 103 4.3. Environmental Damage 105 4.4. Economic and Social Legacies of the Games 107 5. Conclusion: Substantive Failures of the Olympic Games 109
Chapter Five – Procedural Legitimacy: The Olympic Games Host Selection Process 113 1. Introduction 113 2. Host Selection Process 114
2.1. Pre-Bid Activities 115 2.2. Applicant City Stage 117 2.3. Candidate City Stage 120
3. The Host Selection Process—Procedural Legitimacy and Accountability 122
3.1. Legitimacy of the Decision-Making Process 123 3.2. Transparency of the Host Selection Process 124 3.3. Public Participation in the Host Selection Process 128 3.4. Review 134
4. Improving Transparency and Public Participation in the Host Selection Process 135 5. Conclusion: Is The Host Selection Process the Problem? 138
Chapter Six – Assessing the Olympic Games Through a Principal-Agent Framework 141 1. Introduction 141 2. A Principal-Agent Approach to the Olympic Games 143
2.1. Brief Introduction to the Principal-Agent Approach 143 2.2. The Olympic Games, Multiple Agents, and the Primacy of the OCOG 146 2.3. Mechanisms of IOC Control Regarding Its Agents 148
3. Evaluation of IOC Mechanisms
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