Command, control and contestation: Negotiating security at the London 2012 Olympics

Geographical Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 212-223

  Fussey, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foucault; Governance; Olympic security; Policing

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; OLYMPIC GAMES; PUBLIC SPACE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SECURITY THREAT; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938825216     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12058     Document Type: Article

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