Objects of Urban Security, Part I: Background and Research Starts
Title
Objects of Urban Security, Part I: Background and Research Starts
Author
Molotch, Harvey
Coe, Martha
Research Area
Social Processes
Topic
Urbanization
Abstract
Cities are populated by mechanisms of security. Notice the many intrusive devices and repertoires of control at airport departure gates, office reception, subways, and other sites of modern life. But the presence of security, at least more broadly construed to include infrastructures that channel, inhibit, and intrude, did not originate with 9/11 in America.