ISBN:
1844677621
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9781844677627
Language:
English
Pages:
XXX, 402 S.
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Ill., Kt.
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21 cm
Edition:
Paperback ed., 1. publ.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Graham, Stephen Cities under siege
DDC:
355.0209173/2
Keywords:
Cities and towns
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Urban warfare
;
Political violence
;
Military policy
;
City and town life
;
Military policy
;
Urban policy
;
Social control
;
Internal security
;
Urban warfare
;
Global Stadt
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Urbanisierung
;
Innere Sicherheit
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Bedrohungsvorstellungen (Sicherheitspolitik)
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Militarisierung
;
Politische Gewalt
;
City and town life
;
Military policy
;
Urban policy
;
Social control
;
Internal security
;
Urban warfare
;
Metropole
;
Verstädterung
;
Politische Auseinandersetzung
;
Bewaffneter Konflikt
;
Sicherheitspolitik
Abstract:
Cities are the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centers of the West, Cities Under Siege traces the spread of political violence through the sites, spaces, infrastructure and symbols of the worlds rapidly expanding metropolitan areas. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Stephen Graham shows how Western militaries and security forces now perceive all urban terrain as a conflict zone inhabited by lurking shadow enemies. Urban inhabitants have become targets that need to be continually tracked, scanned and controlled. Graham examines the transformation of Western armies into high-tech urban counter-insurgency forces. He looks at the militarization and surveillance of international borders, the use of security concerns to suppress democratic dissent, and the enacting of legislation to suspend civilian law ... (Cover)
Description / Table of Contents:
1. War Re-enters the City -- 2. Manichaean Worlds -- 3. The New Military Urbanism -- 4. Ubiquitous Borders -- 5. Robowar Dreams -- 6. Theme Park Archipelago -- 7. Lessons in Urbicide -- 8. Switching Cities Off -- 9. Car Wars -- 10. Countergeographies.
Note:
Originally published: 2010
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Originally published: 2010. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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