Samstag 20. of Oktober 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

Sonntag 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 & workfare Security

Dienstag 23. of Mai 2006

This whole no-go-area business is getting out of hand

 Recent discussions in Germany about no go areas (May 06) are certainly missing the point. There certainly are such areas, predominantly in the East (but not limited to). But nobody talks about the FUNCTIONS of these spaces for...
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This whole no-go-area business is getting out of hand


Category: Security Security