Governing the games: High politics, risk and mega-events

Political Studies Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-14

  Jennings, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High politics; Mega events; Olympics; Optimism bias; Risk

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; OLYMPIC GAMES; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84872378612     PISSN: 14789299     EISSN: 14789302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1478-9302.12002     Document Type: Article

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