Securing and Sustaining the Olympic City

by Gary Armstrong (Author), Dick Hobbs (Author), JonCoaffee (Author), PeteFussey (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $201.27

  Through analyzing the social and community impact of the 2012 Games and its security operation on East London, this book concludes by considering the key debates as to whether utopian visions of legacy can be sustained given the demands of providing a global securitised event of the magnitude of the modern Olympics.