Download or read book Olympic Risks written by Will Jennings and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how the Olympics are organised 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 organisational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk – leading to changes in how the Games are governed.