Cities at war global insecurity and urban resistance
Cities at war global insecurity and urban resistance
Global insecurity and urban resistance
edited by Mary K. Kaldor and Saskia Sassen
- 1 online resource illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : Global insecurity and urban capabilities / Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen -- Bamako, Mali : Danger and the divided geography of international intervention / Ruben Andersson -- Kabul : Bridging the gap between the state and the people / Florian Weigand -- Baghdad : War and insecurity in the city / Ali Ali -- A tale of two cities : Ciudad Juarez, El Paso, and insecurity at the US-Mexican Border / Mary Martin -- Responding to, or perpetuating urban insecurity? Enclave making in Karachi / Sobia Ahmad Kaker -- Violent conflict and urbanization in Eastern D.R. Congo : The city as a safe haven / Karen Büscher -- Navigating security in Bogotá / Johannes Rieken, Efraín García-Sánchez, and Daniel Bear -- "On the margins of all margins" : Explaining (in)security in Novi Pazar, Serbia / Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic -- Conclusion / Saskia Sassen and Mary Kaldor
"Warfare in the twenty-first century goes well beyond conventional armies and nation-states. In a world of diffuse conflicts taking place across sprawling cities, war has become fragmented and uneven to match its settings. Yet the analysis of failed states, civil war, and state building rarely considers the city, rather than the country, as the terrain of battle. In Cities at War, Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen assemble an international team of scholars to examine cities as sites of contemporary warfare and insecurity. Reflecting Kaldor's expertise on security cultures and Sassen's perspective on cities and their geographies, they develop new insight into how cities and their residents encounter instability and conflict, as well as the ways in which urban forms provide possibilities for countering violence. Through a series of case studies of cities including Baghdad, Bogotá, Ciudad Juarez, Kabul, and Karachi, the book reveals the unequal distribution of insecurity as well as how urban capabilities might offer resistance and hope. Through analyses of how contemporary forms of identity, inequality, and segregation interact with the built environment, Cities at War explains why and how political violence has become increasingly urbanized. It also points toward the capacity of the city to shape a different kind of urban subjectivity that can serve as a foundation for a more peaceful and equitable future"--
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Urban warfare--Developing countries--Case studies.
Internal security--Developing countries--Case studies.
Metropolitan areas--Strategic aspects.--Developing countries
Urban violence--Developing countries--Case studies.
Political violence--Developing countries--Case studies.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)--Developing countries.
Human security--Developing countries--Case studies.
Sociology, Urban.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
Human security
Internal security
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
Political violence
Sociology, Urban
Urban violence
Urban warfare
Developing countries
Electronic books
Electronic books
Case studies
U167.5.S7
355.4/26
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : Global insecurity and urban capabilities / Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen -- Bamako, Mali : Danger and the divided geography of international intervention / Ruben Andersson -- Kabul : Bridging the gap between the state and the people / Florian Weigand -- Baghdad : War and insecurity in the city / Ali Ali -- A tale of two cities : Ciudad Juarez, El Paso, and insecurity at the US-Mexican Border / Mary Martin -- Responding to, or perpetuating urban insecurity? Enclave making in Karachi / Sobia Ahmad Kaker -- Violent conflict and urbanization in Eastern D.R. Congo : The city as a safe haven / Karen Büscher -- Navigating security in Bogotá / Johannes Rieken, Efraín García-Sánchez, and Daniel Bear -- "On the margins of all margins" : Explaining (in)security in Novi Pazar, Serbia / Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic -- Conclusion / Saskia Sassen and Mary Kaldor
"Warfare in the twenty-first century goes well beyond conventional armies and nation-states. In a world of diffuse conflicts taking place across sprawling cities, war has become fragmented and uneven to match its settings. Yet the analysis of failed states, civil war, and state building rarely considers the city, rather than the country, as the terrain of battle. In Cities at War, Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen assemble an international team of scholars to examine cities as sites of contemporary warfare and insecurity. Reflecting Kaldor's expertise on security cultures and Sassen's perspective on cities and their geographies, they develop new insight into how cities and their residents encounter instability and conflict, as well as the ways in which urban forms provide possibilities for countering violence. Through a series of case studies of cities including Baghdad, Bogotá, Ciudad Juarez, Kabul, and Karachi, the book reveals the unequal distribution of insecurity as well as how urban capabilities might offer resistance and hope. Through analyses of how contemporary forms of identity, inequality, and segregation interact with the built environment, Cities at War explains why and how political violence has become increasingly urbanized. It also points toward the capacity of the city to shape a different kind of urban subjectivity that can serve as a foundation for a more peaceful and equitable future"--
9780231546133 electronic bk. 0231546130 electronic bk.
22573/ctvxb44vv JSTOR 62517817-C791-49CB-B220-DF3490438E12 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Urban warfare--Developing countries--Case studies.
Internal security--Developing countries--Case studies.
Metropolitan areas--Strategic aspects.--Developing countries
Urban violence--Developing countries--Case studies.
Political violence--Developing countries--Case studies.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)--Developing countries.
Human security--Developing countries--Case studies.
Sociology, Urban.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
Human security
Internal security
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
Political violence
Sociology, Urban
Urban violence
Urban warfare
Developing countries
Electronic books
Electronic books
Case studies
U167.5.S7
355.4/26