Sporting Mega-Event Security in Hyperreality and its Consequences for Democratic Security Governance

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dc.contributor.authorAitken, Adam
dc.date.acceptance2021-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-27T08:55:07Z
dc.date.available2021-04-27T08:55:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-27
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractWithin the sporting mega-events literature three key developments exist: 1. Security is performative and symbolic; 2. Security reactivates state authority and legitimacy in developing security responses; 3. Security measures have discernible security ‘legacies’. Taking a case study of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the resultant securitization of an existing residential community, this article uses Baudrillard’s concepts of hyperreality and simulation (1981) and the ‘virtual’ (2005) to examine the above developments in depth. It is shown that mega-event securitization operates as a form of hyperreal performativity. For local residents, this heightens perceptions of risk, increases demands for security, and legitimizes security measures which impact on democratic freedoms.en
dc.funderESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)en
dc.identifier.citationAitken, A., (2021) Sporting Mega-Event Security in Hyperreality and its Consequences For Democratic Security Governance. Democracy and Security,en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/17419166.2021.1891529
dc.identifier.issn1555-5860
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/20794
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectid1624849en
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justiceen
dc.subjectHyperrealityen
dc.subjectBaudrillarden
dc.subjectSporting Mega-Eventsen
dc.subjectSecurityen
dc.titleSporting Mega-Event Security in Hyperreality and its Consequences for Democratic Security Governanceen
dc.typeArticleen

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