Policing Post-Conflict Cities

by Alice Hills

Book Overview

How and why does order emerge after conflict? What does it mean in the context of the twenty-first century post-colonial city? From Kabul, Kigali and Kinshasa to Baghdad and Basra, people, abandoned by the state, make their own rules.With security increasingly ghettoised, survival becomes a matter of manipulation and hustling.

In this book, Alice Hills discusses the interface between order and security. While analysts and donors emphasise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842779699
• ISBN13: 9781842779699
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"