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‘The idea of risk is bound up with the aspiration to control and particularly with the idea of controlling the future.’ (Giddens 1999a, p. 3)
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- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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Jennings, W. (2012). Risk, Governance and Mega-Events. In: Olympic Risks. Executive Politics and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137022004_2
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