Domestication of war and Urban Security

Journal title SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Author/s Leonard Mazzone, Fabio Quassoli
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2020/3
Language English Pages 22 P. 36-57 File size 247 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2020-003005
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Our paper addresses some of the main changes made to urban security related debates and policies/practices in Italy over the last two decades and highlights to what extent EXPO-2015 has been a laboratory for new frameworks, devices and forms of cooperation between central and local institutions/police forces. Second-ly, it highlights to which extent such recent changes reflect the role that terrorist threats have played in the reconfiguration of urban security related policies, prac-tices and devices throughout Europe and North America over the last two decades.

Keywords: Urban security, Securitization, Terrorism, Global Events, Urban marketing.

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Leonard Mazzone, Fabio Quassoli, Domestication of war and Urban Security in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 3/2020, pp 36-57, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2020-003005