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Samstag 19. of Juni 2010

Obstacles to Community Policing Implementation: A comparative perspective

Community policing has been designed in the United States after the 1960s riots to address the conflict between police and minorities in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Many countries facing similar challenges have developed...
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Obstacles to Community Policing Implementation: A comparative perspective


Category: Policing the Crisis, Abstracts

Montag 14. of Juni 2010

The geography of global governance and the spatial dimension of controlling dissent

This paper lays out the theoretical relevance of spatial dimensions in the control of dissent by drawing on recent innovations in social geography, political theory and philosophy.
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The geography of global governance and the spatial dimension of controlling dissent


Category: Policing the Crisis, Abstracts

Donnerstag 11. of Dezember 2008

Greece - The extreme righ and police are joining forces to quench protests

They shot Alex Grigoropoulos Athen's unrest: We received the following text today from the INURA list server. Moses Boudourides (Patras University) describes how the extreme right, local shop owners and the police are chasing students and youth in general....
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Greece - The extreme righ and police are joining forces to quench protests


Category: Repression, Security

Sonntag 17. of Februar 2008

Kontrollierte Urbanität: On Air

We received the pleasure to be noticed by a radio station - and not a minor one. Enjoy ten minutes of audio following the link below.
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Kontrollierte Urbanität: On Air


Category: welfare & workfare, Repression, Control

Sonntag 13. of Januar 2008

Eric Töpfer, Volker Eick, Jens Sambale: Business Improvement Districts New Instrument for Containment and Exclusion Lessons from North America and Britain.

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are territorial subdivisions of a city in which property owners or businesses decide to self-impose an additional tax meant for the promotion and development of the area through services such...
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Eric Töpfer, Volker Eick, Jens Sambale: Business Improvement Districts New Instrument for Containment and Exclusion Lessons from North America and Britain.


Category: Abstracts & Papers, Security, Control, Repression Security