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The contributors to this book have provided a comprehensive, critical examination of a range of Olympic issues. In this concluding discussion, I focus on four significant, interrelated themes that Olympic industry officials have addressed in the last two decades, usually with limited success: leadership; transparency and accountability; social responsibility; and sporting mythology.
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Lenskyj, H.J. (2012). The Case against the Olympic Games: The Buck Stops with the IOC. In: Lenskyj, H.J., Wagg, S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367463_36
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