Cape Town after apartheid [electronic resource] : crime and governance in the divided city / Tony Roshan Samara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samara, Tony Roshan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--South Africa--Cape Town.

Crime.

Crime prevention--South Africa--Cape Town.

Crime prevention.

Violence--South Africa--Cape Town.

Violence.

Gangs--South Africa--Cape Town.

Gangs.

Police--South Africa--Cape Town.

Police.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly two decades after the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa, how different does the nation look? In Cape Town, is hardening inequality under conditions of neoliberal globalization actually reproducing the repressive governance of the apartheid era? By exploring issues of urban security and development, Tony Roshan Samara brings to light the features of urban apartheid that increasingly mark not only Cape Town but also the global cities of our day--cities as diverse as Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, and Beijing.--From pulisher description.

Contents:

Introduction : urban geopolitics, neoliberalism, and the governance of security

Security and development in post-apartheid South Africa

Children in the streets : urban governance in Cape Town city center

Gangsterism and the policing of the Cape Flats

The weight of policing on the fragile ground of transformation

The production of criminality on the urban periphery

Conclusion : apartheid, democracy and the urban future.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4704-X

0-8166-7684-4

OCLC:

742368504