The national picture: The reconfiguration of sovereignty, the normalization of emergency and the rise to prominence of urban security in Italy

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-276

  Menichelli, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Governance; Italy; sovereignty; state of emergency; urban security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926623580     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370813481134     Document Type: Article

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