Introduction: Global Insecurity and Urban Capabilities

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Global Insecurity and Urban Capabilities 1
5. 1. Bamako, Mali: Danger and the Divided Geography of International Intervention 25
6. 2. Kabul: Bridging the Gap Between the State and the People 53
7. 3. Baghdad: War and Insecurity in the City 78
8. 4. A Tale of Two Cities: Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, and Insecurity at the U.S.–Mexico Border 103
9. 5. Responding to, or Perpetuating, Urban Insecurity? Enclave-Making in Karachi 133
10. 6. Violent Conflict and Urbanization in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: The City as a Safe Haven 160
11. 7. Navigating Security in Bogotá 184
12. 8. “On the Margins of All Margins”: Explaining (In)Security in Novi Pazar, Serbia 201
13. Conclusion: Spaces for Tactical Urbanism 227
14. Contributors 233
15. Index 237