Olympic Risks
By: Will Jennings
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780230300064
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration; Risk management; Management; Sports administration; Olympics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
Description: "An exploration of how the Olympics are organized 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 organizational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk - leading to changes in how the Games are governed"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: RISK AND MEGA-EVENTS; title: Risk and Governing Mega-Events; title: The Olympics as a Mega-Event; title: PART II: THE OLYMPICS, RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; title: Olympic Risks; title: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty; title: Counting the Costs and Benefits of the Games; title: PART III: GOVERNING THE GAMES; title: Managing Olympic Risks; title: Public Opinion and Reputational Risk; title: The Risks of Risk Management; title: Conclusions.