'Hosting the world': The 2010 World Cup and the new military urbanism

City

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 519-534

  McMichael, Christopher ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

mega events; militarization; military urbanism; policing; social control; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866877610     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.709363     Document Type: Article

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