Securing the Olympic Games: exemplifications of developments in urban security governance

The Olympic Games are now characterized by overt displays of military personnel and hardware, the deployment of new surveillance technologies and policing techniques, and rapidly escalating budgets. Yet, most research on security at these urban events has been confined to the sociology of sport or t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyle, Philip
Other Authors: Haggerty, Kevin (Sociology)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1878