This study investigates the suitability of applying international relations theory, specifically international regime theory, to Olympic sport governance. The reliance of the Olympic governance system upon its conception of sport as a politically transcendent source of moral inspiration and the importance of this ideology to political actors can be used to accurately classify it as an international regime or institution. Two outcomes derive from this argument. First, the Olympic regime acknowledges states as free riders and allows them to accrue benefits from association with Olympic sport without bearing any of the costs of providing it. This makes the Olympics an especially appealing target for state political manipulation. Second, the regime is relatively unable to enforce any of its rules for state behavior not because it is weak or lacking in legitimacy, but because its ideological principles make enforcement impossible. The arguments advanced in the first section of the dissertation are supported by empirical case studies in the second. Historical process tracing methods are used to synthesize historical narrative with causal analysis. The decision to ban South Africa at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1980 U.S.-led boycott of the Summer Games in Moscow, and the development of the International Convention against Doping in Sport are all instances in which the Olympic movement and international politics intersected, and thus represent useful illustrations of the relationship between the Olympic regime and international politics. / text

Submitted by Simone Maisonave (simonemaisonave@hotmail.com) on 2016-11-30T14:19:37Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Juliano Oliveira Pizarro_Dissertacao.pdf: 687212 bytes, checksum: 03cfd2ce22238b98ee39ab177725d3b4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-30T14:19:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Juliano Oliveira Pizarro_Dissertacao.pdf: 687212 bytes, checksum: 03cfd2ce22238b98ee39ab177725d3b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / A presente dissertação analisa a inserção da FIFA no cenário internacional no contexto globalizado, observando-a na dinâmica da governança global, com relações e disputas com outros atores, fazendo uso do soft power através de seus discursos e práticas. A pesquisa parte temporalmente da década de 1990, tendo em vista a ascensão dos processos de Globalização após a queda do muro de Berlim, a multipolarização de atores no cenário internacional e o surgimento do conceito governança global. Sendo o esporte um mecanismo cultural utilizado ao longo do século como incentivo à paz e à união dos povos, a FIFA possui um papel fundamental na sua organização em escala mundial. Através de duas dimensões de análise - governança global e soft power – partindo do pressuposto que a FIFA é um ator da governança global, busca responder como ela se utiliza do soft power. A pesquisa baseia-se em fontes secundárias bibliográficas, documentais, sites e pesquisas já realizadas sobre o objeto. Os procedimentos metodológicos que norteiam a presente pesquisa são de caráter exploratório-descritivo, estudando-se o caso da FIFA com uma abordagem qualitativa, com o objetivo de identificar a FIFA como uma organização que possui o monopólio internacional do futebol, constituída juridicamente como uma ONG, cujo comportamento expressa características híbridas na dinâmica da governança global – ora como empresa multinacional, ora como organização do Terceiro Setor, ora como instituição internacional. Sob a ótica do soft power, percebe-se que o comportamento contemporâneo da organização procura alinhar-se a discursos democráticos e de accountability, utilizando estratégias de popularização do esporte, ampliando e diversificando as competições e os campeonatos regionais e internacionais, implementando projetos sociais, aumentando parceiros comerciais, entre outras. Para consolidar sua hegemonia internacional pelo controle da organização do futebol em escala global, a FIFA tem utilizado uma série de práticas, discursos e ações estimuladas e incentivadas pela lógica da governança global em geral e governança desportiva em particular. / This thesis analyzes the inclusion of FIFA on the international stage in the globalization context, observing the dynamics of global governance, relationships and disputes with other actors, using the soft power through its speeches and practices. The research begin temporally of the 1990s, in view of the rise of globalization processes after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the multi-polarization of actors on the international scene and the emergence of global governance concept. The sport is a cultural mechanism used throughout the century as encouraging peace and unity of peoples, and the FIFA has a key role in your organization worldwide. Through two dimensions of analysis - global governance and soft power - starting the assumption that FIFA is an actor of global governance, seeks to answer how she uses soft power. The research is based on secondary sources bibliographical, documentary, websites and research already carried out on the object. The methodological procedures that guide this research are exploratory and descriptive character, studying the case of FIFA with a qualitative approach, in order to identify the FIFA as an organization that has the international monopoly of football, legally constituted as an NGO, whose behavior expressed hybrid features in the dynamics of global governance - sometimes as multinational company, sometimes as Third Sector organization either as international institution. From the perspective of soft power, can see that contemporary performance of the organization seeks to align the democratic and accountability discourse, using popularization strategies of the sport, expanding and diversifying competitions and regional and international championships, implementing social projects, increasing trading partners, among others. To consolidate its international hegemony by controlling the football organization on a global scale, FIFA has used a number of practices, discourses and actions initiated and encouraged by the logic of global governance in general and sport governance in particular.

The purpose of this dissertation was to understand how Canadian sport system stakeholders select the international youth events in which athletes will take part. The first part looked at the policies and processes consistent among all national sport organizations (NSOs) using a policy-based approach. The second part focused on how NSOs responded to these demands in conjunction with pressures stemming from their specific sport communities and stakeholders, and analyzed the NSOs’ governance structures and processes in doing so. A conceptual framework composed of the governance, stakeholder theory and policy diffusion literatures guided the study and a qualitative methodology was used. Sport Canada and Own the Podium (OTP) played a steering role within the event selection process. NSOs faced numerous pressures such as learning, coercion, imitation, and competition, which they responded to by creating policies and processes for their organization and through selecting events for their athletes that best responded to these pressures. The final findings found the policies and processes were created using a network governance approach, taking into consideration NSOs’ sport-specific needs, which included, but were not limited to, the NSO’s organizational capacity, the number of athletes competing in the sport, and the depth and field of competition within Canada. Two key concepts outlined as best practices among successful NSOs and as an area for improvement for the Canadian sport system overall were alignment and communication.

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The aim of this thesis is to explore current issues of corporate governance with main focus on sport governance. In the theoretical part is described current level of knowledge in this area. On the basis of extensive questioning research are analyzed approaches to administration and management of sport organisations in the Czech Republic. Results of this thesis show current trends and bring new findings in the area of sport governance.

This dissertation explores governance of national sports organizations (NSOs) in the Czech Republic and thus reflects contemporary course of events in the Czech sport. The aim of the dissertation is to explore governance of Czech NSOs with special focus on governance structure and transparency. Particularly, the dissertation examines compliance of Czech NSOs with codes of good governance and determines relations between governance structure, transparency and effectiveness of Czech NSOs. Mixed method approach was used in equal status sequential design (QUANT -> QUAL) Firstly, content analysis of websites of 67 Czech NSOs was conducted. The analysis allowed to determine the level of transparency and also provided variables for quantitative part of the study. Purposive sampling was used to choose nine NSOs where subsequent interviews with a CEO or a head of the board were done. And finally, quantitative data survey was conducted in 67 NSOs using phone interviews and e-mail survey. The quantitative data were processed using MS Excel and SPSS and, hypotheses were tested using standard statistical tests. The results are presented in three chapters. First, applicability of five elementary approaches to effectiveness is presented and combination of goal attainment and system resource approach is implemented. Second, governance structure of NSOs is analysed revealing substantially higher variability of governance models in comparison with theoretical presumptions. Moreover, a new framework of governance structure classification was developed. Third, transparency was identified as the most notable principal. Results reveal very low level of the transparency within Czech NSOs and explore the sources and impact of low transparency. For instance, more transparent NSOs are more effective using system resource approach. Overall, the dissertation provides a new deep insight into Czech NSOs governance and brings numerous recommendations for Czech NSOs.