Security Games : Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events.

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 imperativ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, Colin J.
Otros Autores: Haggerty, Kevin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Crowd control > Case studies.
Spectator control > Case studies.
Security systems > Case studies.
Rassemblements > Maîtrise > Études de cas.
Supporters > Maîtrise > Études de cas.
Systèmes de sécurité > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Crowd control
Security systems
Spectator control
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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