Urban Geopolitics, Neoliberalism, and the Governance of Security
Urban Geopolitics, Neoliberalism, and the Governance of Security
This introductory chapter provides a background to the social forces and sets of relationships that outlines the contemporary urban governance in Cape Town. It talks about brutal gang wars linked to drug trade and homeless people harassed by police or private security guards, which describe an approach to crime and urban renewal in Cape Town as a global phenomenon wherein cities become key sites of economic growth, conflict, and political governance. The chapter also illustrates how Cape Town is governed through a complex network in which local and global forces clash and combine to reproduce the fractured urban spaces inherited from apartheid.
Keywords: urban governance, Cape Town, gang wars, homeless people, urban renewal, economic growth, political governance, urban spaces, apartheid
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