Surveilling and Securing the Olympics

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From Tokyo 1964 to London 2012 and Beyond, Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security

ISBN: 1349573523
ISBN 13: 9781349573523
Herausgeber: Vida Bajc
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: XXVI, 420 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2019
Auflage: 1/2016
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT

Surveillance and security have historically served as means by which to cope with the complexities of the Olympics and the uncertainties these generate. Based on empirically grounded analysis of fifteen Olympics starting with Tokyo 1964 and through London 2012, contributed by leading international researchers, the book develops the notion of security meta-ritual. This is a meta-level of framing which enables the organization and communication of security as the adjustable sieve that uses surveillance to select what is permitted to enter the world of Olympic spectacle. In this way, it creates highly controlled conditions under which the Olympics can be performed as planned and without disruption.

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Beschreibung

This book analyses the relationship between the Olympic Games, with its ethos of openness and collectivism, and the security concerns and surveillance technologies that are becoming increasingly prevalent in the organisation of public events.

Autorenporträt

Vida Bajc is Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology at Flagler College, USA, and co-editor (with Willem de Lint) of Security and Everyday Life.

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