The city between freedom and security contested public spaces in the 21st century

This publication explores the contested territory between the state and corporate drive to 'securitise' urban space - and the principle of the city as a site for enacting open civil society, participatory democracy, and the freedom of speech and assembly

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Other Authors: Simpson, Deane (Editor), Jensen, Vibeke (Editor), Rubing, Anders (Editor), Andersson, Cecilie (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel, [Switzerland] Birkhäuser, part of Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin 2017
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Foreword: BAS -- Foreword: NSM/PST -- Introduction: On urban Indefensibility: Friction Lines in the Production of the Open City -- The City Between Freedom and Security: Project Journal -- B -- Discursive Texts -- For a Theory of Destituent Power -- Protecting Vulnerable Cities from Terrorism: Enhancing the Resilience of Everyday Urban Infrastructure -- Photo Essay: Melilla, Spain -- The Fear Factor -- Defensible Space as a Crime Preventive Measure -- "Fortress Britain": High Security, Insecurity and the Challenge of Preventing Harm -- Photo Essay: Wall Street, New York, NY, USA -- Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Background and Current Practice -- When Life Itself Is War: The Urbanization of Military and Security Doctrine -- Securing the State: National Security and Secret Intelligence -- Designing Peace of Mind: Counterterrorism in Great Britain -- The Right to the City -- Photo Essay: Israel/Palestine -- C -- Contested Sites -- D -- Expert Interviews -- Photo Essay: Oslo, Norway -- Photo Essay: Occupy Wall Street, New York, NY, USA -- Photo Essay: Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt -- E -- Discursive Proposals -- Discursive Design Proposals -- Dystopian Scenario for Extreme Security -- Positive -- Sum Game -- Mutual Concessions -- Grafting the Political to the Processional -- Participatory Adaptation -- In(tro)verted Security -- Decentralized Security -- Security through Urban Mixtures 
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