Vassil Girginov is Reader in Sport Management and Development at Brunel University London and Visiting Professor at the Russian International Olympic University. His work is concerned with understanding the relationship between the Olympic Games and social change in various cultural and economic milieux. Girginov's most recent publications include: Olympic Studies (4-vol. set; Routledge, 2015), Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (2 vols; Routledge, 2012–2013), Sport Management Cultures (Routledge, 2011), and The Olympics: A Critical Reader (Routledge, 2010).

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface: The Whole Book in 500 WordsAcknowledgements1. Untangling the Link Between the Olympics and Legacy: An Introduction2. Olympism, Contentious Politics and Social Change3. A Resource Perspective on the Olympics4. Leveraging Olympic Resources5. Olympism in Action: A Capacity Building Perspective6. National Sport Organisations' Leveraging of the Olympics for Capacity Building7. Host Country’s Higher Education Sector and the Olympics: Interactions, Resources and Capacity Development8. Olympic Interactions, Resource Leveraging and Capacity Building in Context: The Cases of the British Paralympic Association, British Cycling and the Russian Figure Skating Federation [with Nikolay Peshin]9. Why Rethink Olympic Legacy? ConclusionIndex

Vassil Girginov is Reader in Sport Management and Development at Brunel University London and Visiting Professor at the Russian International Olympic University. His work is concerned with understanding the relationship between the Olympic Games and social change in various cultural and economic milieux. Girginov's most recent publications include: Olympic Studies (4-vol. set; Routledge, 2015), Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (2 vols; Routledge, 2012–2013), Sport Management Cultures (Routledge, 2011), and The Olympics: A Critical Reader (Routledge, 2010).

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface: The Whole Book in 500 WordsAcknowledgements1. Untangling the Link Between the Olympics and Legacy: An Introduction2. Olympism, Contentious Politics and Social Change3. A Resource Perspective on the Olympics4. Leveraging Olympic Resources5. Olympism in Action: A Capacity Building Perspective6. National Sport Organisations' Leveraging of the Olympics for Capacity Building7. Host Country’s Higher Education Sector and the Olympics: Interactions, Resources and Capacity Development8. Olympic Interactions, Resource Leveraging and Capacity Building in Context: The Cases of the British Paralympic Association, British Cycling and the Russian Figure Skating Federation [with Nikolay Peshin]9. Why Rethink Olympic Legacy? ConclusionIndex