This handbook provides a critical assessment of contemporary issues that define the contours of the Paralympic Movement generally and the Paralympic Games more specifically. It addresses conceptualisations of disability sport, explores the structure of the Paralympic Movement and considers key political strategic and governance issues which have shaped its development.

The Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies is written by a range of international authors, a number of whom are senior strategists as well as academics, and explores legacy themes through case studies of recent Paralympic games. Written in the wake of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, it provides an assessment of contemporary challenges faced by the International Paralympic Committee and other key stakeholders in the Paralympic Movement. Its critical assessment of approaches to branding, classification, social inclusion and technological advances makes this handbook a valuable resource for undergraduate study across a range of sport and disability related programmes, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policy makers.

Critically engages with contemporary issues that have shaped the Paralympic Movement and the Paralympic Games Developed as a companion volume to the Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies (2012) Explores the issue of the Cyborg Athlete and its antagonisms with Paralympic values through media coverage of the inaugral 2016 Cybathlon event

Autorentext
Ian Brittain is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University, UK. His research focuses upon sociological, historical and sports management aspects of Paralympic and disability sport. He is also the Heritage Advisor to the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation and has attended the last five summer Paralympic Games.

Aaron Beacom is a Reader in Sport and International Relations at the University of St Mark & St John, UK. His research concerns sport and alternative physical cultures in public policy. His recent publications include the book International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement (Palgrave 2012). He leads the Sport and Disability degree pathway and sits on the regional Inclusive Sport steering group.

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1. Introduction.- Section 1: Conceptualising Disability Sport.- 2. Disability Models: Explaining and Understanding Disability Sport in Different Ways.- 3. Multiple Oppression and Tackling Stigma Through Sport.- 4. Disability and Barriers to Inclusion.- 5. Sport and Social Movements by and for Disability and Deaf Communities: Important Differences in Self-Determination, Politicisation, and Activism.- 6. Game-Changer? Social Media, Representations of Disability and the Paralympic Games.- Section 2: Structure and Development of the Paralympic Movement.- 7. Key Points in the History and Development of the Paralympic Games.- 8. Development of the IPC and Relations with the IOC and Other Stakeholders.- 9. The International Paralympic Committee as a Governing Body.- 10. Organising and Delivering the Modern Paralympic Games: Contemporary Debates Relating to Integration and Distinction.- 11. The Paralympic Movement: A Small Number of Behemoths Overwhelming a Large Number of Also-Rans-- A Pyramid Built on Quicksand?.- Section 3: Paralympic Sport: Political and Strategic Perspectives.- 12. Comparative Sport Policy Analysis and Paralympic Sport.- 13. The Paralympic Movement and the International Development Agenda.- 14. The Rise of China as a Paralympic Superpower.- 15. The Paralympic Movement and the Boycott Agenda: South Africa, Apartheid and the Paralympic Games.- 16. The Paralympic Movement and Diplomacy: Centring Disability in the Global Frame.- Section 4: The Paralympic Movement: Governance Perspectives.- 17. Women and Athletes with High Support Needs in Paralympic Sport: Progress and Further Opportunities for Underrepresented Populations.-18. Evolution and Development of Best Practice in Paralympic Classification.-19. Intellectual Disability, Special Olympics and Parasport.- 20. Prostheses and Other Equipment: The Issue of the Cyborg Athlete - Interrogating the Media Coverage of the Cybathlon 2016 Event.- 21. Paralympic Philosophy and Ethics.-Section 5: Paralympic Games Case Studies.- 22. The London 2012 Paralympic Games.- 23. Sochi 2014.- 24. The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.- 25. 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games and the South Korean Political Intention.- 26. Visions on the Legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.- Section 6: Contemporary Paralympic Legacies and challenges.- 27. Marketing of Paralympic Sports: Attracting Spectators and Sponsors.- 28. Developing Disability Sport: The Evolving Role of the University Sector.- 29. Paralympic Legacies: A Critical Perspective.- 30. Conclusion.