Trapped : life under security capitalism and how to escape it
"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...
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| Format: | Livre papier |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford Briefs, an Imprint of Stanford University Press
C 2024.
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Copyright : Mark Maguire et Setha Low La ressource est également disponible en format numérique Autre forme du titre : "Life under security capitalism and how to escape it" |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Variante du titre: | Life under security capitalism and how to escape it |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Trapped, life under security capitalism and how to escape it, Mark Maguire and Setha Low, Stanford, California, Stanford Briefs, an Imprint of Stanford University Press, C 2024, e-book, 9781503639201 |
| Sumari: | "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." |
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| Descripció de l’ítem: | Copyright : Mark Maguire et Setha Low La ressource est également disponible en format numérique Autre forme du titre : "Life under security capitalism and how to escape it" |
| Descripció física: | 1 volume (XIII-166 pages) : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliografia: | Bibliographie pages 159-166. Notes bibliographiques en fin d'ouvrage |
| ISBN: | 9781503632967 (broché) 9781503632967 |