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Segregation, Inequality, and Urban Development: Forced Evictions and Criminalisation Practices in Present-Day South Africa
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Abstract In present-day South Africa, urban development agendas have inscribed doctrines of desirable and undesirable life in city spaces and the public that uses the space. This book studies the ways in which segregated city spaces, displacement of people from their homes, and criminalization practices are ... view more
In present-day South Africa, urban development agendas have inscribed doctrines of desirable and undesirable life in city spaces and the public that uses the space. This book studies the ways in which segregated city spaces, displacement of people from their homes, and criminalization practices are structured and executed. The author shows that these doctrines are being legitimized and legalized as part of a discursive practice and that the criminalization of lower-class members are part of that practice, not as random policing techniques of individual security forces, but as a technology of power that attends to the body, zooms in on it, screens it, and interrogates it.... view less
Keywords
Southern Africa; Republic of South Africa; post-colonialism; urban development; racism; segregation; displacement; criminalization; social inequality
Classification
Social Problems
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
260 p.
Series
Edition Politik, 99
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839453100
ISBN
978-3-8394-5310-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed