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Sunday 22. of June 2008

George Rigakos: Nightclub. Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption

George Rigakos (Credit: Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen) Bouncers: Regulating Al Capone's Grandchildren? A Marxist entering Canada's nightlife economy. Interview with George S. Rigakos, author of ›Nightclub. Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption‹ (McGill-Queen’s...
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George Rigakos: Nightclub. Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption


Category: Security, Control

Saturday 20. of October 2007

Eick, Sambale, Toepfer Kontrollierte Urbanität Zur Neoliberalisierung städtischer Sicherheitspolitik

Cover: Eick/Sambale/Töpfer - Kontrollierte Urbanität (Copyright of original image: Andy Clark/Reuters). Buy the book at your local book store (preferred), through our publisher or at amazon.de Our book is out! Finally ... Volker Eick, Jens Sambale, Eric Töpfer (Hg.) Kontrollierte Urbanität. Zur Neoliberalisierung städtischer Sicherheitspolitik, 402 Pages, Bielefeld: Transcript, Urban Studies, 21 €, ISBN:...
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Eick, Sambale, Toepfer Kontrollierte Urbanität Zur Neoliberalisierung städtischer Sicherheitspolitik


Category: Control

Sunday 16. of September 2007

World Cup 2010: Privatizing Security in South Africa (G4S)

G4S has a huge footprint in Africa. It is the single largest multinational corporation operating on the continent, with more than 82,000 employees. It has operations in 18 African nations. It is hard not to overstate its importance. In April 2007 a global fact finding team from different unions went to South Africa, Malawi and Mozambique to find out about the employment practices of the global player "Group 4 Securicor (G4S)". The team interviewed G4S...
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World Cup 2010: Privatizing Security in South Africa (G4S)


Category: Security, welfare &amp; workfare Security

Friday 03. of August 2007

Nik Theodore and Ryan Hollon on non-state forms of policing in Chicago

Greater surveillance and private security might wind up eroding civil liberties and leave some neighborhoods more at risk than ever. Our friend Nik Theodore and Ryan Hollon talk about non-state forms of policing in the Chicago public housing market (external link to the Chicago Reader)
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Nik Theodore and Ryan Hollon on non-state forms of policing in Chicago


Category: welfare &amp; workfare, Surveillance, Security Security

Sunday 06. of August 2006

Fred Seavey: Globalizing Labor in Response to a Globalized Security Industry

Copyright: Brad and Sabina Through mergers and acquisitions, the private security industry has become increasingly consolidated across the globe. Today, the six largest private security companies control approximately 20% of the global security market....
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Fred Seavey: Globalizing Labor in Response to a Globalized Security Industry


Category: Presentations

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