Laub, M.M. orcid.org/0000-0002-5298-1563 (2021) Policing authoritarian neoliberalism in South London. Political Geography, 90. 102471. ISSN 0962-6298
Abstract
In pointing out the exclusionary and nondemocratic reconceptualization of states following the financial and Eurozone crises, research by geographers and critical political economists on authoritarian neoliberalism (AN) has shed light on key state transformations. Exploring the criminalization of council estates and the policing of three austerity-ridden south London districts, this article contributes to efforts to expand the concept of AN further by centering questions of violence and physical state power in the form of discourses and practices of (criminal) punishment and policing. Building on qualitative work with local young people and interviews with former police officers, community leaders and activists, I demonstrate the spatial dimension of AN and the role of policing logic and mechanisms for its administration in south London. I argue that through post-crisis austerity measures and long-term mechanisms of criminalization, young people perceive their home neighborhoods as insecure and alter how they navigate them. Further, I show that spaces of inclusion and welfare, such as social housing estates and schools, have been reimagined as sites of exclusion and punishment, often administered by police.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. |
Keywords: | Authoritarian neoliberalism; Police; Policing; Urban space; Violence; Coercion; Austerity; London; Housing; Welfare |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2023 12:31 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2023 12:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102471 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195222 |