Does the Punitive Need the Supportive? A Sympathetic Critique of Current Grammars of Urban Injustice. Issue 4 (13th December 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeVerteuil, Geoff
• Is Part Of: Antipode. Volume 46:Issue 4(2014:Sep.)
• Page Start: 874
• Page End: 893
• Publication Date: 2012-12-13
• Subjects: Geography -- Periodicals; 910.5
• DOI: 10.1111/anti.12001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0066-4812

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en" id="anti12001-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="anti12001-para-0001"> <bold>Abstract:</bold> This paper is a sympathetic critique of mainstream grammars of urban injustice, arguing that they are frequently too one‐sided and selective to adequately grasp the full complexity of urban realities. Most prominently, I contend that urban injustice and punitiveness co‐exist with, if not sometimes depend upon, more supportive responses within urban space. I therefore counterbalance the spectacular logics of punitive urbanism and the everyday logics of control with a tripartite approach to logics assembled within the urban voluntary sector (abeyance, care and survival) as a way to reconnect to a broader set of practices. Two case studies are used to illustrate these contentions.</p> </abstract>