Security and Space
In Pursuit of Interconnections
Bristol University Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. May 2026
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-1-5292-4568-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book brings fresh insights into how social spaces shape the way we experience and understand security. Chapters unite voices from critical security studies, urban geography, criminology and political science to rethink the link between security and space, from neighbourhood crime to global conflict.
By viewing security through a spatial lens, the book uncovers the social, economic and political forces that shape security issues in everyday life offering vital insights for current debates on power, space and security.
By viewing security through a spatial lens, the book uncovers the social, economic and political forces that shape security issues in everyday life offering vital insights for current debates on power, space and security.
Reviews / Votes
"A multi-case international deep dive into spaces of security, their textures, their organisation and their contestation. Rewarding reading!" Professor Charlotte Heath-Kelly, University of Warwick "This outstanding volume expertly explores how diverse security practices and technologies shape and define space. A compelling read that reveals the intricate connections between security measures and spatial forms." Professor Jef Huysmans, Queen Mary University of LondonMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
17 s/w Abbildungen
17 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-4568-4 (9781529245684)
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In Pursuit of Interconnections
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Persons
Faye Donnelly is a Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews.
Tilman Schwarze is Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
Tilman Schwarze is Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
Contributions
University of Copenhagen
University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
University of Bonn
University of Bristol
Northumbria University, UK
Institute for Peace and Security Studies - IPSS
Pepperdine University
University of Glasgow, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
Emirates Professor University of Cape Town
Content
1. In Pursuit of Interconnections Between Security and Space - Faye Donnelly and Tilman Schwarze
Part I: Security, Space and Infrastructures
2. The Smart City As Adversarial Vector - Keith Hayward
3. The Paradoxes of 'Security' and State Space in Singapore's Housing Development Board Estates - Joe Greener and Laura Naegler
4. Precarious Security: From Walled City to Walled Garden - Anna Schliehe and Alistair Fraser
5. Of Mazes, Complex Space and Secrecy Games in Security Politics - Elspeth Van Veeren
Part II. Security, Space and Identity
6. Defensive Masculinities and Flex Warehouse Security: Utopias at the Urban Edge - Jason Luger
7. Proclaiming a State During and After the 1916 Easter Rising - Faye Donnelly
8. Ontological Security-Seeking and Regional Imaginaries in Post-1991 Ethiopia - Katharina Newbery
9. Space, Ontological (In)security, and Urban Redevelopment - Tilman Schwarze
10. Space, Ontological Security and Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Wrapped Reichstag (1995) - Christopher Peys
Part III. Security, Space and Governance
11. The Shifting Referents of Space Security - Andrew W. Neal, Lauren Rogers and Roy B. Gardner
12. Policing and Spatial Imaginings - Julie Berg and Clifford Shearing
13. Depoliticizing Energy Security in the UK's North Sea - Max Cohen
14. Beyond Offshore Finance: Security in the Archipelago of Offshore Spaces - William Vlcek
15. Counterterrorism in Rural and Remote Spaces - Nick Brooke
Afterword: Security Takes Place - Contrapuntal Reading As Method - Pinar Bilgin
Part I: Security, Space and Infrastructures
2. The Smart City As Adversarial Vector - Keith Hayward
3. The Paradoxes of 'Security' and State Space in Singapore's Housing Development Board Estates - Joe Greener and Laura Naegler
4. Precarious Security: From Walled City to Walled Garden - Anna Schliehe and Alistair Fraser
5. Of Mazes, Complex Space and Secrecy Games in Security Politics - Elspeth Van Veeren
Part II. Security, Space and Identity
6. Defensive Masculinities and Flex Warehouse Security: Utopias at the Urban Edge - Jason Luger
7. Proclaiming a State During and After the 1916 Easter Rising - Faye Donnelly
8. Ontological Security-Seeking and Regional Imaginaries in Post-1991 Ethiopia - Katharina Newbery
9. Space, Ontological (In)security, and Urban Redevelopment - Tilman Schwarze
10. Space, Ontological Security and Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Wrapped Reichstag (1995) - Christopher Peys
Part III. Security, Space and Governance
11. The Shifting Referents of Space Security - Andrew W. Neal, Lauren Rogers and Roy B. Gardner
12. Policing and Spatial Imaginings - Julie Berg and Clifford Shearing
13. Depoliticizing Energy Security in the UK's North Sea - Max Cohen
14. Beyond Offshore Finance: Security in the Archipelago of Offshore Spaces - William Vlcek
15. Counterterrorism in Rural and Remote Spaces - Nick Brooke
Afterword: Security Takes Place - Contrapuntal Reading As Method - Pinar Bilgin