Olympic Risks - Will Jennings

Olympic Risks

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
263 Seiten
2012 | 1st ed. 2012
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-33578-7 (ISBN)
138,95 inkl. MwSt
An exploration of how the Olympics are organised in response to risk. This book looks at the tension between the riskiness of mega-events, attributable to their scale and complexities, and the societal, political and organisational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk – leading to changes in how the Games are governed.

WILL JENNINGS Senior Lecturer in Politics at Southampton University, UK, and Research Associate at the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He specializes in the analysis of government and public opinion, research methods and risk management in mega-projects and mega-events.

PART I: RISK AND MEGA-EVENTS Risk, Governance and Mega-Events Costs, Complexity and Size of the Games PART II: THE OLYMPICS, RISK AND UNCERTAINTY Risk and the Games Decision-Making under Uncertainty Counting the Costs and Benefits of the Games PART III: GOVERNING THE GAMES Managing Olympic Risks Public Opinion and Reputational Risk The Risks of Risk Management

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Executive Politics and Governance
Zusatzinfo XIV, 263 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte Complexity • Decision-Making • Governance • Management • organization • Public Opinion • Safety
ISBN-10 1-349-33578-9 / 1349335789
ISBN-13 978-1-349-33578-7 / 9781349335787
Zustand Neuware
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