At the limits of spatial governmentality: A message from the tip of Africa

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dc.contributor.authorRobins, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-08T12:44:48Z
dc.date.available2023-03-08T12:44:48Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractUrban studies scholars drawing on Foucault�s analysis of govern-mentality have investigated how urban social orders are increasingly moreconcerned with the management of space rather than on the discipline ofoffenders or the punishment of offences (Merry, 2001). This paper examines the�rationality� and efficacy of spatial governmentality in post-apartheid CapeTown, and shows how the city has increasingly become a �fortress city� (Davis,1990), much like cities such as Los Angeles, Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. These�global cities� are increasingly characterised by privatised security systems inmiddle class suburbs, shopping malls and gated communities (Caldeira, 1999).These spatial forms of governmentality draw on sophisticated security systemscomprising razor wire and electrified walls, burglar alarms and safe rooms, aswell as vicious guard dogs, neighbourhood watches, private security companies,and automated surveillance cameras.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRobins, S. (2002). At the limits of spatial governmentality: A message from the tip of Africa. Third World Quarterly, 23 (4) ,665-689. https://doi.org/10.1080/0143659022000005328en_US
dc.identifier.issn1360-2241
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/0143659022000005328
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/8558
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectPost-independenceen_US
dc.subjectPost-apartheiden_US
dc.subjectCrimeen_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.titleAt the limits of spatial governmentality: A message from the tip of Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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