Surveilling and securing the Olympics : from Tokyo 1964 to London 2012 and beyond / edited by Vida Bajc.
2016
GV721.5 .S87 2016
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Title
Surveilling and securing the Olympics : from Tokyo 1964 to London 2012 and beyond / edited by Vida Bajc.
ISBN
9781137290694 (electronic book)
1137290692 (electronic book)
9780230289550
023028955X
1137290692 (electronic book)
9780230289550
023028955X
Published
Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 420 pages)
Call Number
GV721.5 .S87 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.48
Summary
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 18, 2016).
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Bajc, Vida, editor.
Series
Transnational crime, crime control and security.
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Print version: 023028955X
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