Communities, the private sector, and the state: Contested forms of security governance in cape Town and Johannesburg

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 691-717

  Bénit Gbaffou, Claire ^a   Didier, Sophie ^b   Morange, Marianne ^c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Community policing; Governance; Johannesburg; Neoliberalism; Privatization; Public private partnerships; Security; South African cities

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; POST-APARTHEID; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SECURITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 42149172532     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087407309223     Document Type: Article

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