Municipal Corporate Security in International Context

195 Pages·2015·1.035 MB·English

by  Kevin Walby, Randy K. Lippert

‘Municipal Corporate Security in International Context is a true transdisci-
plinary bookthatshowstherichnessofcrossingethnographicdescriptionand
politicalsociology. It complements CriticalSecurity Studies verywell and is a
very informative book. The municipal examples throughout the text are like
dots connecting an intellectual map, which directs us towards an under-
standing of the strength of this phenomenon. This is a great asset for awide
readership.’
Didier Bigo, Professor, Department of War Studies,
King's College London, UK
‘From City Hall to the skate park, the control systems that regulate urban
municipal spaces, and those who work within or pass through them, operate
under a creeping corporate security influence. Excavating the complex
arrangements of this ‘municipal corporate security’, Walby and Lippert pre-
sent pioneering research into the increasingly pervasive corporate security
field. Empirically rigorous; theoretically progressive; eloquently expressed:
this is a landmark study that brings timely critique to one of the most sig-
nificant emerging security trends of the early 21st century. With far-reaching
disciplinary relevance, it will interest all who are concerned with the future
patterns of urban securitygovernance.’
Conor O'Reilly, Research Fellow in Transnational Policing and Security,
Durham University, UK
‘Municipal Corporate Security in International Context is a highly important
contribution to our knowledge about corporatesecurity. Thebook is not only
packed with well-researched empirical observations on the practices of cor-
porate security, it also succeeds in setting up a theoretical framework that
binds insights from sociology of policing, public management and surveil-
lance studies. I am confident that this book will be picked up and used as
inspiration for future studies on corporate security!’
Karen Lund Petersen, Associate Professor and Directorof the Centre for
Advanced Security Theory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
‘Up until now, corporate security has been largely neglected by researchers,
with a focus upon the more visible contract security. This work starts to
address this in-balance by offering one of the most significant contributions
on corporate security in municipal government in North America. It is based
upon extensive empirical research and offers some interesting new theoretical
interpretations of some of the changes which have been taking place in
municipal and corporate security.’
Mark Button, Professor of Criminology,
Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK
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Municipal Corporate Security in
International Context
Corporatesecurityisaformofregulationthatinvolvescentralizedmanagement
ofaccesscontrol,physicalsecurity,personnelsecurity,and informationsecurity
insideanorganization.Foralltheresearchonpublicpolicing,nationalsecurity,
and private contract security in sociology, criminology, and related dis-
ciplines, little scholarly attention has been paid to corporate security.
Increasingly, corporate security is playing an important role in municipal and
other government organizations as well as its traditional private, corporate
domain. This book is the first social scientific contribution on corporate
security drawing together the sociologies of security and policing, legal and
social theory, and debates about municipal government.
In this book, Walby and Lippert conceptualize various types of corporate
security,includingitspublicandprivateforms,andanalyzearangeofpractices,
such as asset protection and physical security provision. The authors explore a
number of heretofore neglected themes, including use of legal knowledge, pro-
fessionalization, legitimation work, and corporate security links with other
security agencies and public police. The book provides empirical analyses of
developmentsinseveralcountries,butespeciallyCanadaandtheUS,wherecor-
poratesecurity–includingitsentryintomunicipalgovernment–isparticularly
advanced.
Because corporate security cuts across security, policing, law, and govern-
ment, as well as issues of professionalization, public space, and democracy,
the readership for Municipal Corporate Security in International Context spans
disciplinary and national boundaries. It is essential reading for academics and
students engaged in studying security, urban governance, politics, and legal
regulation. It will be of great interest to corporate security professionals and
government policymakers too.
Kevin Walby is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of
Winnipeg, Canada specializing in policing, security, and punishment.
Randy K. Lippert is Professor of Criminology at the University of Windsor,
Canada specializing in security, policing, and urban governance.
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Municipal Corporate Security in
International Context
Kevin Walby and Randy K. Lippert
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Contents
List of tables x
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Theorizing corporate security (with Rhys Steckle) 11
2 Municipal Corporate Security and legal knowledge 34
3 Expertise and professionalization of Municipal Corporate
Security (with Alex Luscombe) 51
4 Making sense of Municipal Corporate Security and surveillance 64
5 Risk and corporate security in municipalities
(with Alex Luscombe) 80
6 Corporate security, public police, and private security
(with Blair Wilkinson) 99
7 Municipal Corporate Security in international perspective 113
8 Avisit to the security industry’s grand bazaar 131
9 Accountability and critiques of corporate security 145
Conclusion 156
Bibliography 163
Index 179