The Securitization of Society : Crime, Risk, and Social Order / Marc Schuilenburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuilenburg, Marc, Author.

Contributor:

Garland, David.

Hall, George (Translator)

Series:

Alternative criminology series.

Alternative Criminology ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law enforcement.

Internal security.

Public safety.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Crime prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (565 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many actors and agencies, including schools, clubs, housing corporations, hospitals, shopkeepers, insurers, energy suppliers and even private citizens, have enforced some form of security, effectively changing its delivery, and overall role. In The Securitization of Society, Marc Schuilenburg establishes a new critical perspective for examining the dynamic nature of security and its governance. Rooted in the works of the French philosophers Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Gabriel Tarde, this book explores the ongoing structural and cultural changes that have impacted security in Western society from the 19th century to the present. By analyzing the new hybrid of public-private security, this volume provides deep insight into the processes of securitization and modern risk management for the police and judicial authorities as well as other emerging parties. Schuilenburg draws upon four case studies of increased securitization in Europe – monitoring marijuana cultivation, urban intervention teams, road transport crime, and the collective shop ban – in order to raise important questions about citizenship, social order, and the law within this expanding new paradigm. An innovative, interdisciplinary approach to criminological theory that incorporates philosophy, sociology, and political science, The Securitization of Society reveals how security is understood and enacted in urban environments today.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

1. The Problem

2. Nodal Governance

3. Securitization

4. Assemblages

5. Molar and Molecular

6. Combating Marijuana Cultivation

7. Tackling Road Transport Crime

8. Urban Intervention Teams

9. The Collective Shop Ban

10. City and Citizenship

11. A Dynamic Perspective

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-4798-8195-3

OCLC:

923734913