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Performers of sovereignty: on the privatization of security in urban South Africa
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The police force was the most hated and visible representation of South Africa's apartheid state as discussed by the authors, and the massive crime wave after 1994 and the new anxieties in a democratic South Africa have made secu...Abstract:
The police force was the most hated and visible representation of South Africa's apartheid state. The massive crime wave after 1994 and the new anxieties in a democratic South Africa have made secu...read more
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The culture of control: crime and social order in contemporary, society
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We the People of Europe? Reflections on Transnational Citizenship
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TL;DR: We the People of Europe? Reflections on Transnational Citizenship by Etienne Balibar et al. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey, 2004 as mentioned in this paper, p. 0691089906
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Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay.
TL;DR: Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay Thomas Blom Hansen Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001 280 pp as discussed by the authors,...,,.,. ).
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Ordinary security : an ethnography of security practices and perspectives in Tel Aviv
TL;DR: The authors explored ordinary security perspectives and practices among Jewish-Israelis in Tel Aviv and argued that security practices that are often invoked as a precaution against danger and a provider of protection may paradoxically produce a sense of even more danger, uncertainty and insecurity.
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The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society
TL;DR: A history of modern criminal justice and the Penal-Welfare state can be found in this paper, with a focus on the culture of high crime and the New Culture of Crime Control.
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The culture of control: crime and social order in contemporary, society
TL;DR: GARLAND, 2001, p. 2, the authors argues that a modernidade tardia, esse distintivo padrão de relações sociais, econômicas e culturais, trouxe consigo um conjunto de riscos, inseguranças, and problemas de controle social that deram uma configuração específica às nossas respostas ao crime, ao garantir os altos custos das
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City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo
TL;DR: A map of the city of Sao Paulo can be found in this paper, where the authors describe three patterns of spatial segregation: urban segregation, Fortified Enclaves, and public space.