Cities under siege the new military urbanism

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.

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1. Verfasser:	Graham, Stephen (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	London, New York Verso 2011
Ausgabe:	Paperback ed., 1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Cities and towns > Urban warfare > Political violence > Military policy > City and town life > Urban policy > Social control > Internal security > Global > Stadt > Metropole > Verstädterung > Politische Auseinandersetzung > Bewaffneter Konflikt > Sicherheitspolitik
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Zusammenfassung:	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. 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)
Beschreibung:	Originally published: 2010 Originally published: 2010. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XXX, 402 S. Ill., Kt. 21 cm
ISBN:	1844677621 1-84467-762-1 9781844677627 978-1-84467-762-7