Trapped life under security capitalism and how to escape it
Open the gates, or you'll never escape -- Take back the city : security as a way of life in New York City -- Reimagine policing -- Counter counterterrorism -- Reclaim homeland security -- Conclusion : defund security.
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Weitere Verfasser: | |
| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Stanford, California
Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press
2024
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Open the gates, or you'll never escape -- Take back the city : security as a way of life in New York City -- Reimagine policing -- Counter counterterrorism -- Reclaim homeland security -- Conclusion : defund security. "Calls to defund the police or to stop brutal police violence, argue Mark Maguire and Setha Low, will never succeed as long as there are those who enjoy and take comfort in security capitalism. Security capitalism can be recognized by the marks it leaves on society, remaking public space in its own image--privatized, fortified, unequal, striated, and access-controlled. With a global and comparative lens that takes readers from Nairobi to New York City, Maguire and Low offer intimate portraits of the people behind security capitalism--the police, policy makers, and private contractors who agree that a price must be paid in blood to maintain public safety--and critique phenomena like the transfer of public funds to arms dealers via the militarization of police, securitized housing developments, and ineffectual counterterrorism efforts. But more than just an exposé of the nefarious corporations, corrupt agencies, and incompetent governments, this book uniquely shines the spotlight on the ordinary citizens whose desires for safety drive these phenomena. Angela Davis has written of the challenge of persuading people that "safety, safeguarded by violence, is not really safety." Maguire and Low aid us in thinking through the challenge, providing a common language to discuss security capitalism and offering ways to escape its clutches"-- |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 166 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781503632967 978-1-5036-3296-7 |