Ungoverned space: Global security and the geopolitics of broken windows

Political Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 289-297

  Mitchell, Katharyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken windows policing; Geoeconomics; Security; Spatial administration; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; COLD WAR; ENTREPRENEUR; GEOPOLITICS; NATIONAL POLITICS; NATIONAL SECURITY; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATIZATION;

IRAQ; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955341872     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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