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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Table of Contents:
  • 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