This book critically examines the planning management and operations of the world¿s premier
event for Para sport athletes. Noting a lack of research into how these games are planned and
managed the authors of this contributed volume discuss how the Paralympics are essentially
different to the Olympics and what this means for their management. Managing the Paralympics
explores how the organizers and connected stakeholders effectively organize and deliver the
Paralympics taking into account what has been learned from previous events. Including emergent
models of best practice from event management project management and sport management
literature the book gives an insight into the planning of one of the world¿s biggest sporting
events that encompasses ten impairment types and multiple sport classes within sports.
