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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | A GlassHouse book
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797987806719 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283435208 9786613435200 9781136801587 9780203827475 |
