George S. Rigakos ( Professor of the Political Economy of Policing

Gebundenes Buch

Security/Capital

A General Theory of Pacification

Beschreibung

Security has become the pre-eminent organising principle of modern life, inextricably bound up with capital accumulation and Empire. This is the first sociological treatise on the security-industrial complex, offering a general theory of security based on a critical engagement with the works of Marx and Foucault.

Autor

George S. Rigakos is Professor of the Political Economy of Policing at Carleton University. He has researched and published on policing and security for over a dozen years. Rigakos is also the Editor of Red Quill Books and is one of the founding members of the Anti-security Studies Group. Most recently he has acted as a policy consultant with Syriza and Transform Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 132mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9781474413664
• ISBN-10: 1474413668
• Artikelnr.: 45435458