Traditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many actors and agencies, including schools, clubs, housing corporations, hospitals, shopkeepers, insurers, energy suppliers and even private citizens, have enforced some form of security, effectively changing its delivery, and overall role.
In The Securitization of Society, Marc Schuilenburg establishes a new critical perspective for examining the dynamic nature of security and its governance. Rooted in the works of the French philosophers Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Gabriel Tarde, this book explores the ongoing structural and cultural changes that have impacted security in Western society from the 19th century to the present. By analyzing the new hybrid of public-private security, this volume provides deep insight into the processes of securitization and modern risk management for the police and judicial authorities as well as other emerging parties. Schuilenburg draws upon four case studies of increased securitization in Europe – monitoring marijuana cultivation, urban intervention teams, road transport crime, and the collective shop ban – in order to raise important questions about citizenship, social order, and the law within this expanding new paradigm. An innovative, interdisciplinary approach to criminological theory that incorporates philosophy, sociology, and political science, The Securitization of Society reveals how security is understood and enacted in urban environments today.
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Contents Introduction 1 David Garland 1. The Problem 9 Part I. A Politics of Fragmentation 27 2. Nodal Governance 29 Part II. From Panopticon to Patchwork Quilt 55 3. Securitization 60 4. Assemblages 97 5. Molar and Molecular 131 Part III. Among People 163 6. Combating Marijuana Cultivation 167 7. Tackling Road Transport Crime 186 8. Urban Intervention Teams 206 9. The Collective Shop Ban 226 Part IV. The Era of Invisible Fissures 245 10. City and Citizenship 249 11. A Dynamic Perspective 286 Acknowledgments 303 Notes 305 References 315 Index 335 About the Author 345
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"The Securitization of Society is a thoughtful and provocative work that announces Marc Schuilenburg as an insightful, and much-needed, new theoretical voice in the study of security. If you want to make sense of the myriad systems of surveillance and hybrid public-private security assemblages that dominate todays urban landscape, this is a must-read."
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ISBN
9781479854219
Publisert
2015-07-10
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New York University Press
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590 gr
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229 mm
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152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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