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Legitimacy driven change at the World Anti-Doping Agency
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posted on 2020-03-05, 09:47 authored by Daniel ReadDaniel Read, James Skinner, Daniel Lock, Barrie HoulihanThe effectiveness of the World Anti-Doping Agency as an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to regulate anti-doping policy has been challenged by doping scandals in sport. Historically, anti-doping policy development has been primarily reactive, determined by the need for dominant organisations to maintain power rather than to protect athletes. The purpose of this paper is to explore reactive anti-doping policy change from a multi-level legitimacy perspective. Using multi-level legitimacy theory and the concept of legitimacy challenges, it is argued that reactive policy change is motivated by a need to manage perceived organisational legitimacy. The recent exposure of systematic doping in Russia is used as an example to support this analysis. These findings are discussed in the context of current criticisms of anti-doping policy.
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- Loughborough University London
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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International Journal of Sport Policy and PoliticsVolume
11Issue
2Pages
233 - 245Publisher
Taylor & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics on 21 December 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19406940.2018.1544580.Acceptance date
2018-10-22Publication date
2018-12-21Copyright date
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1940-6940eISSN
1940-6959Publisher version
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- en
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Prof James Skinner. Deposit date: 4 March 2020Usage metrics
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