Grabher, Gernot; Thiel, Joachim - In: Social Sciences 3 (2014) 3, pp. 527-548
This paper starts from the assumption of a structural analogy between mega-events and large-scale disasters. Both imply … the inescapable forthcoming shock. In the case of mega-events, of course, this shock is self-induced. In fact, cities … fiercely compete to host mega-events. In the face of the daunting challenges of hosting a mega-event—the immovable timeframe …