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An Ethico-Political Evaluation of the Necessity for a Referendum over any Future German Olympic Bid

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  1. Lucia Gosebrink

    1. Cologne, Germany

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Part of the book series: Event- und Impaktforschung (EIF)

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The implementation of referenda in advance to an Olympic bid is common in Western democratic countries. In many cases, they have produced negative results, ending the aspiration of Olympic Games on the spot. Germany is no exception to this case. While recent research has predominantly investigated the possible reasons why past referenda have failed, the aim of this book is to evaluate the necessity of a referendum as a tool in the first place. Since a referendum is no formal requirement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), its application is examined on an ethico-political level. Therefore, the advantages and disadvantages of a referendum in terms of any future German Olympic bid are analysed and discussed – from a political, civil and German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) perspective. Based on the findings, this work rejects the necessity of a referendum before a German Olympic bid, as the alignment of ethico-political considerations analysed does not seem to be sufficiently pronounced in the de jure and de facto implementation of this tool. 

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Olympic Bids in the Past

    • Lucia Gosebrink
    Pages 1-3

  3. An Analytical-hermeneutic Methodology

    • Lucia Gosebrink
    Pages 5-7

  4. Referenda in Political Science and Sport Governance

    • Lucia Gosebrink
    Pages 9-29

  5. Analysis and Discussion of the Issue

    • Lucia Gosebrink
    Pages 31-54

  6. Limitations of the Work

    • Lucia Gosebrink
    Pages 55-56

  7. Final Conclusion

    • Lucia Gosebrink
    Pages 57-59

  8. Implications and Further Outlook

    • Lucia Gosebrink
    Pages 61-62

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 63-72
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Cologne, Germany

    Lucia Gosebrink

About the author

Lucia Gosebrink is a graduate of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Arts in Sports Ethics and Integrity. She completed her dissertation at the Department of Sports Economics and Sports Sociology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Holger Preuß.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: An Ethico-Political Evaluation of the Necessity for a Referendum over any Future German Olympic Bid

  • Authors: Lucia Gosebrink

  • Series Title: Event- und Impaktforschung

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-43626-1

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-43625-4Published: 27 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-43626-1Published: 26 December 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2662-9224

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-9232

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 72

  • Topics: Sport Science , Sports Economics

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