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UNINA9910781571303321 |
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Security games [[electronic resource] ] : surveillance and control at mega-events / / edited by Colin J. Bennett and Kevin D. Haggarty |
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New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
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1-283-43520-9 |
9786613435200 |
1-136-80158-8 |
0-203-82747-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BennettColin J <1955-> (Colin John) |
HaggartyKevin D |
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Crowd control |
Spectator control |
Security systems |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Security Games Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; Introduction Security games : surveillance and control at mega-events; Chapter 1 Rethinking security at the Olympics; Chapter 2 Olympic rings of steel Constructing security for 2012 and beyond; Chapter 3 Surveilling the 2004 Athens Olympics in the aftermath of 9/11 International pressures and domestic implications; Chapter 4 The spectacle of fear Anxious mega-events and contradictions of contemporary Japanese governmentality; Chapter 5 "Secure Our Profits!" The FIFATM in Germany 2006 |
Chapter 6 Event-driven security policies and spatial control The 2006 FIFA World CupChapter 7 Commonalities and specificities in mega-event securitization The example of Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland; Chapter 8 Gran Torino Social and security implications of the XX Winter Olympic Games; Chapter 9 Mega-events and mega-profits Unravelling the Vancouver 2010 security-development nexus; Chapter 10 Knowledge networks Mega-events and security expertise; Index |
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Security Games: Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events addresses the impact of mega-events - such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup - on wider practices of security and surveillance. ""Mega-Events"" pose peculiar and extensive security challenges. The overwhelming imperative is that ""nothing should go wrong."" There are, however, an almost infinite number of things that can ""go wrong""; producing the perceived need for pre-emptive risk assessments, and an expanding range of security measures, including extensive forms and levels of surveillance. These measures are delivered |
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UNINA9910812474903321 |
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Autore |
Zähringer Raphael |
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Hidden topographies : traces of urban reality in dystopian fiction / / Raphael Zahringer |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps |
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Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia Book Series ; ; Volume 57 |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- II. From More to Miéville: the Dystopian Tradition -- III. Literature and Maps, Maps and Literature -- IV. Urban Spaces: Taking a Stroll -- V. Against the Grain: Borders and Transgressions -- VI. Systems Theory and the Fiction of Probable Reality -- VII. Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
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This book examines dystopian fiction's recent paradigm shift towards urban dystopias. It links the dystopian tradition with the literary history of the novel, spatio-philosophical concepts against the backdrop of the spatial turn, and systems-theory. Five dystopian novels are discussed |
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in great detail: China Miéville's Perdido Street Station (2000) and The City & The City (2009), City of Bohane (2011) by Kevin Barry, John Berger's Lilac and Flag (1992), and Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson. The book includes chapters on the literary history of the dystopian tradition, the referential interplay of maps and literature, urban spaces in literature, borders and transgressions, and on systems-theory as a tool for charting dystopian fiction. The result is a detailed overview of how dystopian fiction constantly adapts to - and reflects on - the actual world. |
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