Network-centric Violence, Critical Infrastructure and the Urbanisation of Security
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- Dr Martin Coward
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| Author(s) | | Coward M |
| Publication type | | Article |
| Journal | | Security Dialogue |
| Year | | 2010 |
| Volume | | 40 |
| Issue | | 4-5 |
| Pages | | 399-418 |
| ISSN (print) | | 0967-0106 |
| ISSN (electronic) | | 1460-3640 |
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| This article addresses the question of whether contemporary global urbanization is characterized by a distinctive relationship between the city and warfare. In particular, it examines the specific way in which two particular forms of warfare — so-called Al-Qaeda terrorism and US tactics in Iraq — target urban infrastructure. I argue that infrastructure is targeted because it is a constitutive feature of contemporary urban life. Metropolitan life is marked by its constitutive relation to urban infrastructure. The article thus suggests that this targeting of infrastructure provides a lens through which to investigate some of the central questions posed by the contemporary urbanization of security. |
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| Publisher | | Sage Publications Ltd. |
| URL | | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967010609342879 |
| DOI | | 10.1177/0967010609342879 |
| Notes | | Author's final draft of paper available from: http://www.martincoward.net/2009/10/urban-insecurities/ |
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