'Olympic and Paralympic' Effect on Public Policy

Daniel Bloyce is Deputy Head of the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Co-Director of the Chester Centre for Research into Sport and Society at the University of Chester. He is also Co-Editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.Andy Smith is Professor of Sport and Physical Activity and Associate Head of the Department of Sport and Physical Activity at Edge Hill University. He is also Co-Editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

• 1. The ‘Olympic and Paralympic effect’ on public policy: use and misuse 2. A realist perspective of sport and international relations: US governmental perceptions of Olympic boycott movements, 1936–2008 3. A critical analysis of the impact of the Beijing Olympic Games on Australia’s sport policy direction 4. (Re)Framing of protest at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games 5. Planning for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy: a figurational analysis 6. London 2012: ‘race’ matters and the East End 7. The politics and policy of inclusion and technology in Paralympic sport: beyond Pistorius 8. Federal government funding and sport: the case of Brazil, 2004–2009 9. Blame it on Rio: isomorphism, environmental protection and sustainability in the Olympic Movement