Does the punitive need the supportive? A sympathetic critique of current grammars of urban injustice

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Description :
The AA. propose a sympathetic critique of mainstream grammars of urban injustice, arguing that they are frequently too one-sided and selective to adequately grasp the full complexity of urban realities. They counterbalance the spectacular logics of punitive urbanism and the everyday logics of control with a tripartite approach to logics assembled within the urban voluntary sector (abeyance, care and survival) as a way to reconnect to a broader set of practices. Two case are used to illustrate these contentions : 1-harm reduction strategies: the medically supervised (or safe) injection sites (SIS) for heroin users in Vancouver and Sydney ; 2- the locally contingent variations between punitiveness (abeyance) and support (care and sustenance) across a series of service-rich inner city neighbourhoods in Greater London , Los Angeles County),and the Statistical Division of Metropolitan Sydney, and the experiences of voluntary sector organizations within these same spaces.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Antipode, issn : 0066-4812, 2014, vol. 46, n°. 4, p. 874-893, nombre de pages : 20, Références bibliographiques : 4 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Blackwell