• Politics and the London 2012 Olympics: the (in)security Games 

      Houlihan, Barrie; Giulianotti, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-25)
      This article traces the emergence of security at the Olympic Games as a key concern of host governments and of the Olympic movement and analyses the implications of this heightened concern for the delivery of the Games, ...
    • The Olympics and elite sport policy: where will it all end? 

      Houlihan, Barrie; Zheng, Jinming (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-01)
      The aim of the paper is to explore the consequences of the intensification of competition among the most successful countries at the Olympic Games – the sports powers – for participating countries, potential host countries ...