The social control of cities? : a comparative perspective / / Sophie Body-Gendrot

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830606703321
• Autore: Body-Gendrot Sophie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2000]; ©2000
• ISBN: 0-470-71253-8; 9786611840600; 1-281-84060-2; 0-470-71275-9; 1-4443-9920-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Collana: Studies in urban and social change
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetti: Poverty; Social control; Urban economics; Urban policy; Urban poor; Marginality, Social
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-280) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title page -- Series page -- Copyright -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- From the Global to the National Scale -- Conceptualizing Urban Violence -- In Search of Missing Linkages -- From the National to the Local Scale -- The "Community" in Question -- Case Studies -- Three Scenarios -- The Difficulties of Cross-national Comparisons -- Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- Part I: The Politics of Depacification -- 1: Economic Globalization and Urban Unrest -- Inequalities and Crime: Ecological or Behavioral Effects? -- Lessons from the Past -- Society, Globalization, and Crime -- Notes -- 2: Law-Enforcement in the USA -- The Social Context: A Segmented Society -- The Politicization of Street Crime -- The ; American Public in Question -- A Trickle-Down Phenomenon -- Surveillance in No Man's Land -- Notes -- 3: Solidarity and Social Prevention in France -- The National Context -- Urban Violence in French Problematic Neighborhoods -- National Urban Appeasement Policies -- Police and Justice within Urban Policies -- Public Discontent -- The Punitive Trend -- Notes -- Part II: The Politics of Reconciliation -- 4: Managing Polarization: New York and Chicago -- New York, a Global City -- The Impact of National Repressive Politics on Welfare -- Crime Patterns in the City -- Repressive Policing: National Influence and Local Innovation -- The Role of Intermediate Organizations -- Chicago -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5: Managing Polarization: Paris, Marseilles, and Lyons -- St-Denis in the Paris Region -- Marseilles: A Deceptive Calm -- Turf Battles in Lyons -- Notes -- Conclusion: The Social Control of Cities? -- What Are the Police Doing? -- The Demand for a Better Judicial System -- The "Community" as a Panacea for the Co-Production of Safety.; The Professionalization of Community Organizations in the USA -- Financing Community Work -- French Community Participation: the Cité des Poètes at Pierrefitte -- The Virtue of Civil Society or Democratic Resistance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.