Contents

Introduction 1

David Garland

1. The Problem 9

Part I. A Politics of Fragmentation 27

2. Nodal Governance 29

Part II. From Panopticon to Patchwork Quilt 55

3. Securitization 60

4. Assemblages 97

5. Molar and Molecular 131

Part III. Among People 163

6. Combating Marijuana Cultivation 167

7. Tackling Road Transport Crime 186

8. Urban Intervention Teams 206

9. The Collective Shop Ban 226

Part IV. The Era of Invisible Fissures 245

10. City and Citizenship 249

11. A Dynamic Perspective 286

Acknowledgments 303

Notes 305

References 315

Index 335

About the Author 345

Traditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many actors and agencies, including schools, clubs, housing corporations, hospitals, shopkeepers, insurers, energy suppliers and even private citizens, have enforced some form of security, effectively changing its delivery, and overall role.
In The Securitization of Society, Marc Schuilenburg establishes a new critical perspective for examining the dynamic nature of security and its governance. Rooted in the works of the French philosophers Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Gabriel Tarde, this book explores the ongoing structural and cultural changes that have impacted security in Western society from the 19th century to the present. By analyzing the new hybrid of public-private security, this volume provides deep insight into the processes of securitization and modern risk management for the police and judicial authorities as well as other emerging parties. Schuilenburg draws upon four case studies of increased securitization in Europe ? monitoring marijuana cultivation, urban intervention teams, road transport crime, and the collective shop ban ? in order to raise important questions about citizenship, social order, and the law within this expanding new paradigm. An innovative, interdisciplinary approach to criminological theory that incorporates philosophy, sociology, and political science, The Securitization of Society reveals how security is understood and enacted in urban environments today.