Domestic fortress: Fear and the new home front

Rowland Atkinson; Sarah Blandy

Published by Manchester University Press 2016

Domestic fortress

Fear and the new home front

Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy

https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526108166

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About this book

This book critically analyses the contemporary home and its close relationship to fear and security, a relationship fuelled by the corporate and political manufacturing of fear, the triumph of neoliberal models of home-ownership and related modes of social individualisation and risk that permeate contemporary society.

Author / Editor information

Rowland Atkinson is Chair in Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield

Sarah Blandy is Professor of Law at the University of Sheffield

Reviews

'By focusing on homeownership and tenure, Atkinson and Blandy insightfully connect the privatization of well-being, fear of crime and financial insecurity with contemporary changes in the meaning of home. They capture the important relationship between the private home, political life and the economy through their concept of “tessellated neoliberalism” that examines how aspects of home ownership-- markets, interest rates, mortgages and home values—are implicated in the transformation of home as a haven to home as asset and source of insecurity. A must-read for both social scientists and legal scholars interested in housing and governance.'
Setha Low, The Graduate Center, CUNY, author of Behind the Gates: Life, Security and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America

'These days, homes are forting up and being bunkered against an uncertain and threatening exterior world. In this remarkable global survey of such domestic fortressing, Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy reveal its details WITH unprecedented clarity. Incisive, powerful, accessible and vitally necessary, 'Domestic Fortress' is an urgent and important book that should be read by anyone keen to get to grips with the ways homes are morphing into fortresses across the world'
Stephen Graham, Newcastle university, author of Cities under Siege

'Subject to the forces of neoliberalism, the home is becoming the Domestic Fortress the authors tirelessly investigate. Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy cover the topic exhaustively in a fascinating interdisciplinary study, which is a must read for anyone interested in the links between emotional security, private security, surveillance and the architecture of an increasingly militarised environment.'
Anna Minton, author of Ground Control

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Front matter Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of figures Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
History of key terms Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Publicly Available Download PDF	x
1 Introduction Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The myths and meanings of home security Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3 A shell for the body and mind Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4 Invasions of privacy Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5 Fear, crime and the home Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
6 Technologies of the defended home Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
7 Withdraw, defend or destroy Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
8 The fortress archipelago Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
9 Complexes of the domestic fortress Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
References Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Index Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Illustrations
- Other: 39 black & white illustrations
Keywords: Housing studies; Homeownership; Neoliberalism; Burglary; Socio-legal Studies; Culture of fear; Architecture; Urban studies; Urban geography; Urban criminology; Housing studies; Homeownership; Neoliberalism; Burglary; Socio-legal Studies; Culture of fear; Architecture; Urban studies; Urban geography; Urban criminology

eBook

Published: November 4, 2016
ISBN: 9781526108166