Securing Mega-Events Networks, Strategies and Tensions /

• Main Authors: Whelan, Chad (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Molnar, Adam (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management
• Subjects: Crime prevention.; Police.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Terrorism.; Security, International.; Crime Prevention.; Policing.; Crime and Society.; International Security Studies.

Mega-events such as the Olympic Games, World Cup finals and international political summits are occasions of almost unparalleled economic, political and social significance for host nations and cities. The scale and scope of mega-event security has continued to grow enormously since 11 September 200...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Analysing Mega-Event Security: Looking Inside Operations
• Chapter 2. Organising Security Actors: Designing New Nodes and Networks
• Chapter 3. Organising Across Boundaries: Communication, Coordination and Conflict
• Chapter 4. Securing Place: Security Risks, Techniques and Technologies
• Chapter 5. Securing Populations: Protests, Resident and Spectators
• Chapter 6
• Conclusion.