The discourse of Olympic security: London 2012

MacDonald, Malcolm N.; Hunter, Duncan

doi:10.1177/0957926512474148

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“…It is understandable that concerns about potential disaster at the Games over-rode evidence-based models on likely levels of demand for emergency and routine healthcare. This has been demonstrated elsewhere, notably with respect to heightened security measures [24] . If over-planning is to be avoided or reduced, improved estimates of demand during mass events is required, as well as effective communication about confidence in these estimates [25] .…”

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confidence: 53%

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Healthcare Planning for the Olympics in London: A Qualitative Evaluation

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BackgroundMass gatherings, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, represent an enormous logistical challenge for the host city. Health service planners must deliver routine and emergency services and, in recent Games, health legacy initiatives, for the local and visiting population. However there is little evidence to support their planning decisions. We therefore evaluated the strategic health planning programme for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to identify generalisable information for future Games.MethodsWe thematically analysed data from stakeholder interviews and documents. The data were prospectively collected in three phases, before, during and after the Games.FindingsWe identified five key themes: (1) Systemic Improvement for example in communications, (2) Effective relationships led to efficiencies and permanent gains, such as new relationships with the private sector (3) Difficult relationships led to inefficiencies, for instance, duplication in testing and exercising emergency scenarios, (4) Tendency to over-estimate demand for care, particularly emergency medicine, and (5) Difficulties establishing a health legacy due to its deprioritisation and lack of vision by the programme team.InterpretationEnduring improvements which are sustained after the Games are possible, such as the establishment of new and productive partnerships. Relationships must be established early on to avoid duplication, delay and unnecessary expense. There should be greater critical evaluation of the likely demand for health services to reduce the wasting of resources. Finally, if a health legacy is planned, then clear definitions and commitment to its measurement is essential.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 53%

“…This has been demonstrated elsewhere, notably with respect to heightened security measures [24]. If over-planning is to be avoided or reduced, improved estimates of demand during mass events is required, as well as effective communication about confidence in these estimates [25].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthcare Planning for the Olympics in London: A Qualitative Evaluation

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“…The London Olympic Games represents a spectacle of sport, but it is more than this. It is a promotion of peace through sport (Sugden, 2012) but at the same time signifies the convergence of police–military operations to securitize the environment from “war” (Coaffee, 2015; MacDonald & Hunter, 2013). The London Olympics was underpinned by a series of geopolitical and sociopolitical issues, namely the legacy of previous violent attacks on Olympic Games (e.g., Munich and Atlanta; see Boyle & Haggaerty, 2012; Sugden, 2012), over a decade of rhetorical, policy, and operational focus on the post-9/11 “war on terror” and widespread social unrest less than 12 months earlier (U.K. summer riots of 2011).…”

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“Soldiering By Consent” and Military–Civil Relations: Military Transition Into the Public Space of Policing

Murray

Taylor

2019

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Growth in the Armed Forces undertaking public policing is occurring in the United Kingdom and elsewhere and as such a complex security landscape emerges, both practically and conceptually. The aim here is to pose questions of the manifest and latent issues in the assemblage of multiple actors in public policing. It aks to reader to consider the implications of military actors transitioning from defence duties ordinarily associated with military work, to policing activities in public spaces. Taking the London 2012 Olympic Games as our point of reference, this article argues that to understand military presence, their role must be considered in the broader context of military and policing functions, the 'war on terror', accountability, and future priorities for public policing. We must be careful not to assign the presence of the military into pre-existing understandings of how mega-events should be securedthe military patrolling the streets of London represents more. Instead, as their presence comes to be legitimate in certain geopolitical contexts, critical questions must be asked especially as public and private arrangements are continually reworked in the domestic fight against terrorism.

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“…Macdonald (2003) defines discourse as “a system of communicative practices that are integrally related to wider social and cultural practices, and that help to construct specific frameworks of thinking”. Because academic library mission statements necessarily exist in the larger context of the cultural and social environment of the parent college or university and are also in relationship to accrediting bodies, state legislatures and the tax code that defines 503(c) organizations, discourse is the focus of this study, not content.…”

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Mission statements in academic libraries: a discourse analysis

Wadas

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how academic library mission statements are related to their parent institution mission statements. Design/methodology/approach Using a random sample of the US colleges and universities, library and their respective college or university mission statements were compared using discourse analysis. Findings This study shows a very weak link between college or university mission statements and library mission statements in the majority of cases. Originality/value This paper opens a discussion of the value and purpose of library mission statements with the context of parent institution mission statements.

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The discourse of Olympic security: London 2012

Cited by 13 publications

References 37 publications

Healthcare Planning for the Olympics in London: A Qualitative Evaluation

Healthcare Planning for the Olympics in London: A Qualitative Evaluation

“Soldiering By Consent” and Military–Civil Relations: Military Transition Into the Public Space of Policing

Mission statements in academic libraries: a discourse analysis

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