8.2 ignored insecurities Flashcards
what are usual supsects of policy agendas for urban security?
perceived threats of street crime typically associated with young working class males
what are ignored insecurities
- precarious housing
- labour markets
- exploitative working conditions
- polluted environments
- degraded/ corrupt public administration
what is zemiology
science of social harms, focusing on harms that may be legal but are damaging to public health and safety and ought to be criminalised
who are authors associated with zemiology
tombs and hillyard 2017
security governance is what sort of concept
neo-liberal concept
what does security governance privilege a concern with usual supects of:
- volume street crime
- drug use
-outsider groups - terrorist incidents
security governance is an exercise in mass distraction of whta
everyday insecurities that are objecitvely more prevalent and harmful
what ignored insecurities are more prevalent and harmful
- exploitative shadow economies
- deregulated but toxic industrial production
- degraed environments
- corrupt public adminisration
who edited volume of research studies focusig on everyday insecurities in italy
salavatore pallida 2016
what is pallidas focus
recognising everyday insecurities encoutnered by low-income households and ignored by corporations, public authorities and trade unions
what scandal is discussed in relation to corruption in italian public administration by pallida
mani pulite clean hands judicial investigation
who was left wing politican invplved in mani pulite scandal
mario chiesa
what was the mani pilute clean hands judical investigation known as that revealed widespead corruption in italian politics
tangentopoli or kick back city
despite the corruption scandal what did urban security in italy continue to focus on
offline street crime
- street drugs and vice markets
- potraying migrants and outsider groups as threats
according to paliddda what is the public policy preoccupation with volume criem and outsider groups consdiered to be?
a mass distraction from more profound and prevalent harms caused by free-market economics and neo-liberalism
what is a common theme in pallidas edited collection with conspiracyof interests is the collusion between
- busineses
- organsied labour
- officaldom
what does the collusion between busineses organsied labour and offcialdom subordiante
subordinates the regulation of exploitative labour conditions to global market competition
how are public authorities comprised according to studies in paliddas book
comprised and corrupted in emergency conditions
what 3 case studies are used to illustrae argument in pallidas collection
milan
taranto
irpinia
what does the milan case study illustrate
urban security agenda
what does case study in taranto illustrate
illegal production methods in steelworks
what does case study in irpinia illustrate
state of emergency in irpinia earthquaek
what power was granted to elected mayors in muncipalities in italy by a national law in 2008
the power to pass local ordinances in response to serious dangers that jeapordise public safety and urban security
who was mayor in milan from 2006-2011
letzia moratti
whiich political party did letzi moratti represent
silvio berlusconis RIGHT WING populist party, forza itlaia
how did letzia moretti interpret the 2008 national law regarding public safety and urban security
bypassing ordinances targeting street crime, migrants and outsider groups
what concerns did morattis ordinances fuel among the electorate
concerns over the IMMIGRANT INVASION rather than city historys of corruption
what % of consumption and sale of aclholic beverages
25%
what % of street prostitution
23%
what % of vandalism
13%
what % of urban decay
11%
what % of aggressive begging
9%
what % of late night rowdyism and street hawking
6%
which political party took up mantle of right wing populism after berlusconi and forza italia
the northern league led by matteo salvini
what stance has matteo salvini and northern league maintained
an anti-immigration stance
what event led to the urban renewal projects in campania discussed by petrillo
the irpinia earthquake
what types urban renewal contracts did cammora obtain during urban renewal campania
contracts for repairing housing and public infrastructure and for removing toxic asbestos from postearhquake debris
- exposed labourers to dangeous and harmful working condiitons
how did petrillo characterise the young labour force in campania
as DISPOSABLE BODIES whose health and safety can be sacrificed for cheap renewal
what substance was used to fuel steel production in taranto mill acordding to saitta 2016
very cheap but highly carginogenic pet-coke
what health impact did use of pet coke in taranto steel mil have on local communities
spikes in child cancer rates in communities near steelworks
what banner/ phrase did the unions protest under reflecting their stance on toxic production in taranto
BETTER SICK THAN UNEMPLOYED
what phrase was used for urban renewal post-1980 irpinia earthquake
DISPOSABLE BODIES
what intellecutal movement seeks to shfit the debate from crime to harm and social justice to understand problems with insecurity
zemiology
key zemiological case study
grenfell tower 14.06.2017
how is the grenfell tower used by zemiologists to criticise criminal jsutice
viewed as an example of ignored insecurities that cannot be adequately addressed through criminal justice alone but require braoder concepts of social justice
who provided a detail account of what happeend at grenfell tower
professor steve tombs
how many deaths occurred at grenfell tower
72 deaths
how was the grenfell tower framed by public inqury
as a problem of regulation and criminal justice
how was grenfell tower viewed by tenants themselves
regarded as consequences of more fundamental political and economic inequalities
many local councls contracted out the day to day management of social housign to what
tenant management organisation TMOs
the establishment of TMOs at arms length created what
major deficit in democractic scrutiny and overisght to day to day management and accountability
because of lack of accountability of TMO contracted out what did residents of grenfell establish
their own action group in 2010
what was the infamous blog called for refurbishment of grenfell
playing with fire published by grenfell action group in 2016
the action group sought to expand scope of inquiry to include what issues
issues of democracy in public housing management
how does professor tombs and fellow zemiologists regard grenfell tower case as an exemplar of how..
how lethal insecurities faced by low income households dependant on social housing cannot be adequately understdoo in terms of criminal justice
how does criminal justice frame insecurites
in terms of predicate offences by individuals or organsiations who can then be prosecuted
how does social justice frame insecurities
consequence of democratic governance and their relations of power
how does thinking about soical jusitce and the city prevent disasters like grenfell
reduces gross political and economic inequalities that make such insecurities possible
