1st Edition

Security Games Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events

Edited By Colin Bennett, Kevin Haggerty Copyright 2011
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

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";... Read more

Editorial Introduction Colin J. Bennett and Kevin Haggerty  1. Event Driven Security Policies and Spatial Control: The 2006 World Cup  Stefanie Baasch  2. Rethinking Security at the Olympics Daniel Bernhard and Aaron Martin  3. Knowledge Networks: Mega-Events and Security Expertise Phillip Boyle  4. The XX Winter Olympic Games: Torino 2006 Chiara Fonio and Giovanni Pisapia  5. Olympic Rings of Steel: Constructing Security for 2012 and Beyond Pete Fussey and John Coaffee  6. Commonalities and Specificities in Mega-Event Securitization: The Example of Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland Francisco Klauser  7. Mega-Events, Mega-Profits: Unpacking the Vancouver 2010 Security Development-Nexus Adam Molnar and Lauren Snider  8. Surveilling the 2004 Athens Olympics Minas Samatas  9. Secure our Profits!: The FIFA in Germany 2006 Volker Eick  10. The Spectacle of Fear: Anxious Events and Contradictions of Contemporary Japanese Governmentality David Murakami Wood and Kiyoshi Abe

Biography

Colin J. Bennett, Kevin Haggerty

'In addition to serving as an excellent reference for researchers and journalists (my notes ran to nearly twenty pages, full of zinging quotes), the book should be included in every course regarding mega-events and sports management.' - Christopher Gaffney, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil