Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen

Sport Mega-Events, Security and COVID-19 (eBook, ePUB)

Securing the Football World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines contemporary issues of security at sports mega-events (SMEs). It focuses on the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2020) - subsequently postponed to 2021 - the third biggest SME in the global sporting calendar and a unique multi-city, multi-country event that took place in the eye of the COVID-19 storm.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000573060
• Artikelnr.: 63722103

Autorenporträt

Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics with Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research interests are the sociology and politics of sport. Jan's research on sport mega-events, security, risk and fandom has been published in journals including the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Journal of Consumer Culture, Leisure Studies and Journal of Sport and Social Issues. Jan serves several editorial positions and has acted as Guest Editor for three special issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Setting the Scene, 1. The Dynamic Nexus between Sport, Mega-Events and Security: A Socio-Historical Sketch, 2. The Meanings and (Re)productions of Security, 3. Between Retrospective and Futuristic Processes of Security: Extending the 'Troika of Security', 4. Policing, Policy and Fan Networks, 5. Pandemic Threats, COVID-19 and Euro 2020's Postponement: Ready, Set, Postponed, 6. Redesigning, Re-Imagining and Delivering Euro 2020 in a Pandemic, 7. Conclusions: Uncertainty, Legacy and New Threats