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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tony Roshan SamaraPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9780816670000ISBN 10: 0816670005 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 13 June 2011 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Map of Cape Town Introduction: Urban Geopolitics, Neoliberalism, and the Governance of Security 1. Security and Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa 2. Children in the Streets: Urban Governance in Cape Town City Center 3. Gangsterism and the Policing of the Cape Flats 4. The Weight of Policing on the Fragile Ground of Transformation 5. The Production of Criminality on the Urban Periphery Conclusion: Apartheid, Democracy and the Urban Future Notes IndexReviews<p> Samara's book masterfully connects the dots between local segregation in South Africa and what he calls the 'transnational network of neoliberal urban governance.' Samara's brilliant treatment of crime, 'terrorism, ' and gang violence also reminds us of the profound social degradation that the next struggle for genuine emancipation must confront. --Patrick Bond, University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society Author InformationTony Roshan Samara is assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at George Mason University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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