1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911102928703321

Titolo

Security games : surveillance and control at mega-events / / edited by Colin J. Bennett and Kevin D. Haggarty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

1-283-43520-9

9786613435200

1-136-80158-8

0-203-82747-3

9780203827475

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

A GlassHouse book

Altri autori (Persone)

BennettColin J <1955-> (Colin John)

HaggartyKevin D

Disciplina

363.32/3

Soggetti

Crowd control

Spectator control

Security systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911137413303321

Autore

Howell Nancy

Titolo

Life histories of the Dobe !Kung : food, fatness, and well-being over the life-span / / Nancy Howell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612556203

9781282556201

1282556207

9780520946170

0520946170

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Origins of human behavior and culture ; ; 4

Disciplina

613.2089/961

Soggetti

!Kung (African people) - Food

!Kung (African people) - Nutrition

!Kung (African people) - Health and hygiene

Food habits - Kalahari Desert

Food - Caloric content - Kalahari Desert

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Another Look at the !Kung: A Life History Approach -- 2. Life History Stages -- 3. Body



Size and Growth -- 4. Calories Required -- 5. Caloric Productivity and Caloric Balance -- 6. Caloric Balance and Residential Units: Waterholes, Living Groups, Households -- 7. Kinship Relations as a Support System for Children -- 8. Motives for Sharing Food and Other Prosocial Behavior -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung re-examines an important anthropological data set for the Dobe !Kung, the well-known "Bushmen" of the Kalahari Desert, collected by Nancy Howell and colleagues. Using life history analysis, Howell reinterprets this rich material to address the question of how these hunter-gatherers maintain their notably good health from childhood through old age in the Kalahari's harsh environment. She divides the population into life history stages that correlate with estimated chronological ages and demonstrates how and why they survive, even thrive, on a modest allotment of calories. She describes how surplus food is produced and distributed, and she considers both the motives for the generous sharing she has observed among the Dobe !Kung and some evolutionary implications of that behavior.