The Inclusive Management of Paralympic Sport
(2014) European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS)Conference — Location: Utrecht (Netherlands) (7.May.2014)
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- We ground our understanding of the disability in the social model (e.g. Barnes, Mercer and Shakespeare, 2010), supporting that the responsibility for the disability lies with the society rather than in the individual (as conceptualized in the medical model). Sport, as a component of the overall society, is not exempt from the growing debate around the idea of social inclusion. Engaged in a comprehensive approach, this on-going doctoral research focuses on the management-related issues of inclusion in sport for athletes with a disability (e.g. Fay, 1999; Legg, Fay, Hums and Wolff, 2009). The aim of this study is to analyze the change-related patterns linked to the inclusion process of Paralympic sports in their relevant International ”Olympic” Sport Federations, which is a key strategic issue for the International Paralympic Committee. Based on the disability studies and the policy network theory (Koppenjan & Klijn, 2004), we explore two contrasted case studies (e.g. Gerring, 2007) in order to catch the significant historic milestones which have led (or not) to further inclusion in sport of athletes with a disability. Para-cycling (controlled by the Union Cycliste Internationale) and para-athletics (under the umbrella of the International Paralympic Committee) constitute the empirical frameworks. The Process Tracing methodology (Beach & Pederson, 2013) is mainly used to empirically investigate the causal mechanisms that might causally explain each case. By doing so, we simultaneously intend to develop a managerial model designed to facilitate the inclusion pattern in sport for athletes with a disability and to contribute to the development of the literature on inclusive management of disability sport (Misener & Darcy, 2014).
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Louvain School of Management Strategy and Organisation
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Gérard, S., & Zintz, T. (2014). The Inclusive Management of Paralympic Sport. European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS)Conference, Utrecht (Netherlands). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/196867