This book assesses how the International Olympic Committee under President Jacques Rogge has tried to reform itself in the wake of the doping and bribing scandals of the 1990s, and how well the IOC meets the international standards for good governance and financial responsibility, transparency and accountability.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Introduction Bruce Kidd and Heather Dichter 1. Scandal and governance: inside and outside the IOC 2000 Commission John J. MacAloon 2. Athletes' rights and Olympic reform: a discussion with Johann Koss, Ann Peel and Alexandra Orlando 3. Towards better Olympic accountability Jean-Loup Chappelet 4. Paradoxes and contestations of Olympism in the history of the modern Olympic Movement Dikaia Chatziefstathiou 5. From Sydney to Beijing: the evolution of the photographic coverage of Paralympic Games in five European countries Athanasios (Sakis) Pappous, Anne Marcellini and Eric de Léséleuc 6. The interpretation of environmental sustainability by the International Olympic Committee and Organizing Committees of the Olympic Games from 1994 to 2008 Justine Paquette, Julie Stevens and Cheryl Mallen 7. Community capacity and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games Rob VanWynsberghe, Brenda Kwan and Nicolien Van Luijk 8. Rules and reform: eligibility, gender differences, and the Olympic Games Sarah Teetzel 9. A research agenda for Olympic reform Richard W. Pound

Heather Dichter is a specialist in modern European and international history, and is completing a book on the post-World War Two reconstruction of German sport.

Bruce Kidd has been involved in the Olympic Movement throughout his life. He competed in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo and founded the Olympic Academy of Canada.