Guerrilla-style Defensive Architecture in Detroit: A Self-provisioned Security Strategy in a Neoliberal Space of Disinvestment

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1767-1784

  Kinder, Kimberley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Detroit; Disinvestment; Informality; Neoliberalism; Security; Self provisioning

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; SECURITY; URBAN POLITICS; VULNERABILITY; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLICY;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906941078     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12158     Document Type: Article

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