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Security Governance and Sport Mega-Events: Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda (2009)
Journal Article
Giulianotti, R., & Klauser, F. (2010). Security Governance and Sport Mega-Events: Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 34(1), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723509354042

In the post-9/11 context, security issues have become increasingly central to the hosting of sport mega-events (SMEs). Security budgets for events like the Olympic Games now run into billions of dollars. This article seeks to advance the emerging fie... Read More about Security Governance and Sport Mega-Events: Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda.

Risk and Sport: An Analysis of Sociological Theories and Research Agendas (2009)
Journal Article
Giulianotti, R. (2009). Risk and Sport: An Analysis of Sociological Theories and Research Agendas. Sociology of Sport Journal, 26(4), 540-556

Risk has been a prominent keyword in public and academic spheres since the early 1990s. Discourses of risk assessment and management now underpin a vast range of professional, social and political domains, from the planning of children’s leisure to g... Read More about Risk and Sport: An Analysis of Sociological Theories and Research Agendas.