Global Sports Leaders [electronic resource] : A Biographical Analysis of International Sports Management / Edited by Emmanuel Bayle and Patrick Clasteres.

Includes bibliographical references.

1 Introduction: Becoming a Global Sport Leader; Two Models of Globalised Sport; Management Science, Sport and History; Fifteen Portraits; Age No Barrier; Long-Serving Presidents: Stability or Stagnation?; Sport's Career Ladder; Olympic Elitism; Lawyers, Businessmen and Athletes; Political Colours; European Hegemony over a Male-Dominated World; The "Dassler Revolution"; The Challenge of Increased Professionalization; Bibliography; Part I Founding Ideologies; 2 Pierre de Coubertin: The Inventor of the Olympic Tradition. A Young French Aristocrat Lost in a RepublicForming France's Elites Through Sport; A Pioneer in the Field of International Sports Exchanges; A Vision of the Olympic Games as a Force for Unity and Peace in the World; At the Heart of the First Standardisation of International Sport; A Simple Set of Internal Regulations for the IOC; The Cenacle of "Trustees of the Olympic Idea"; A Reactionary Social Utopia; Biography; Bibliography; 3 Alice Milliat: A Feminist Pioneer for Women's Sport; A Provincial French Woman in Cosmopolitan London; From Femina Sport to the Head of Women's Sport in France. A Revolution: Women in Charge of Women's SportSupport from France's Feminists; All Sports for All; Winning Over the French Media; Creation and Conquest of the FSFI; The Admission of Women to the Olympic Games; Conclusion; Biography; Bibliography; 4 Jules Rimet: FIFA's Missionary President; Introduction; Between Catholicism and Liberalism; The First President of a French Sports Federation to Embrace Professionalism; FIFA President and the Quest for Financial Independence; A Professional World Cup Versus an Amateur Olympic Tournament; Rimet's Presidency: The Golden Age of Universalism? Universalism Versus ContinentalismConclusion; Biography; Bibliography; 5 Henri de Baillet-Latour: Globalising the Olympic Movement; An Heir, a Sportsman and a Cosmopolitan Socialite; A Pragmatic Leader and a Return to Autocracy; The New Olympic Europe; The Olympics Colonise the World; The Successful Globalisation of Olympism; Biography; Bibliography; Part II 1970-1980s: The "Dassler Revolution"; 6 João Havelange: A Businessman for World Soccer; Introduction; João Havelange's Early Career and Election as FIFA President; An Entrepreneurial Background; A Career in Brazilian Sport. FIFA's 1974 ElectionFIFA at the Time of João Havelange's Election as President; Campaigning for the FIFA Presidency; Winning the FIFA Presidency; FIFA's Growth Under João Havelange; The New President Makes His Mark; Increasing FIFA's Financial Resources; FIFA and the Development of World Soccer; The Presidency Ends Under a Cloud; Biography; 7 Philippe Chatrier: The Fight to Control Professional Tennis; Philippe Chatrier's Career; The "Chatrier System"; A Policy to Expand and Restructure Tennis; Roland Garros, an Essential Promotional and Financial Tool for the FFT.

"This book analyses the careers, governance and management practices of some of the institutional sports leaders who have had the greatest impact on global sport in the 120 years since Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympic Games. Through their positions in major sports organisations, their influence, the examples they set, their successes and failures, and their ability to bring about change, these notable individuals controlled and continue to control the development of Olympic and international sport. The portraits included within this collection provide a critical analysis of these leaders' careers by examining sports management from a biographical perspective, and allowing readers to understand the challenges and obstacles faced by international sport's top administrators. The contributors explore the interactions between these leaders' career paths and their strategies, both within their organisations and in the overall sporting context. Global Sport Leaders will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including sports management, sociology, politics, history and international relations.".