03550nam 2200649 a 450 991045739600332120200520144314.01-283-43520-997866134352001-136-80158-80-203-82747-3(CKB)2550000000065904(EBL)684091(OCoLC)773564584(SSID)ssj0000552049(PQKBManifestationID)12243320(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552049(PQKBWorkID)10556520(PQKB)10586799(MiAaPQ)EBC684091(Au-PeEL)EBL684091(CaPaEBR)ebr10514345(CaONFJC)MIL343520(EXLCZ)99255000000006590420100923d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecurity games[electronic resource] surveillance and control at mega-events /edited by Colin J. Bennett and Kevin D. HaggartyNew York Routledge20111 online resource (209 p.)A GlassHouse bookDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-60262-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 2006Chapter 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; IndexSecurity 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 deliveredCrowd controlCase studiesSpectator controlCase studiesSecurity systemsCase studiesElectronic books.Crowd controlSpectator controlSecurity systems363.32/3Bennett Colin J(Colin John),1955-54405Haggarty Kevin D950957MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457396003321Security games2149920UNINA