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Titolo: |
Security games [[electronic resource] ] : surveillance and control at mega-events / / edited by Colin J. Bennett and Kevin D. Haggarty
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.32/3 |
Soggetto topico: | Crowd control |
Spectator control | |
Security systems | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
BennettColin J <1955-> (Colin John)
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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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Security games ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-43520-9 |
9786613435200 | |
1-136-80158-8 | |
0-203-82747-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457396003321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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