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AbstractMega-events present a special venue for the practice of risk management. This article analyses the management of security risks in the case of two sporting mega-events, the London 2012 Olympic Games and the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany. To what extent do strategies and practices of risk management resemble each other across events? And what explains similarities or differences in the tools of risk management observed in each of these cases? First, this article explores three theoretical explanations for the choice of particular policy tools or instruments. Second, it introduces the tools of government approach as a means of conducting a direct comparative analysis of risk management across political and organizational settings and over time. The tools used for security risk management at the two mega-events are then compared and the different logics of tool choice are evaluated. This analytical approach offers a basis for future comparative inquiry into tools of risk management used in public and private organizations. The empirical findings highlight the particular importance of national political systems in influencing tool choice.

Mega-events present a special venue for the practice of risk management. This article analyses the management of security risks in the case of two sporting mega-events, the London 2012 Olympic Games and the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany. To what extent do strategies and practices of risk management resemble each other across events? And what explains similarities or differences in the tools of risk management observed in each of these cases? First, this article explores three theoretical explanations for the choice of particular policy tools or instruments. Second, it introduces the tools of government approach as a means of conducting a direct comparative analysis of risk management across political and organizational settings and over time. The tools used for security risk management at the two mega-events are then compared and the different logics of tool choice are evaluated. This analytical approach offers a basis for future comparative inquiry into tools of risk management used in public and private organizations. The empirical findings highlight the particular importance of national political systems in influencing tool choice.

Introduction : Governance innovation, administrative capacities, and policy instruments / Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich -- Delivery capacity / Peter Hupe and Michael Hill -- Coordination capacity / Kai Wegrich and Vid Štimac -- Regulatory capacity / Martin Lodge -- Analytical capacity / Salvador Parrado -- Management capacity and performance in European public administrations / Gerhard Hammerschmid, Vid Štimac, and Kai Wegrich -- Demographic change and welfare state restructuring / Michaela Kreyenfeld and Anika Rasner -- Sustainability : innovations through sector integration and new instruments / Andrea Lenschow -- Governance dilemmas of the contemporary state : the politics of infrastructure policy / Jacint Jordana -- Wicked problems, clumsy solutions, and messy institutions in transnational governance / Marco Verweij -- Capacity and constraint : governance through international and transnational law / Nico Krisch -- Administrative capacities in the EU : consequences of multi-level policy-making / Eva G. Heidbreder -- Collaborative innovation and governance capacity / Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing -- Capacity, innovation, and their interaction in multi-stakeholder sustainability initiatives / Kira Matus -- Conclusion : Problem-solving capacity and the modern state / Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich.