TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Managing Urban Security: City Walls and Urban Metis
JO  - Security dialogue
A1  - Shapiro, M. J.
SP  - 443
EP  - 461
VL  - 40
IS  - 4-5
N2  - This article locates the contemporary security climate of the city of Los Angeles within a historical trajectory of modes of securitization. While some of the analysis treats the material and technological aspects of cities in general, and Los Angeles in particular, much of my emphasis, articulated in readings of both literary and film versions of police procedurals, is on discursive barriers. Ultimately, I suggest that, materially and discursively, urban America features class and ethnic fault lines that serve as the primary bases of security management.<p /> 
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SN  - 0967-0106
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967010609342880
ID  - ref1
ER  -