Order and security in the city: Producing race and policing neoliberal spaces in South Africa

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-655

  Samara, Tony Roshan ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Neoliberal; Policing; Racialization; South Africa; Urban

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; CITIZENSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICE FORCE; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RACISM; SECURITY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77949513515     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870903337318     Document Type: Article

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