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Urban Security, from Nodes to Networks: On the Value of Connecting Disciplines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2014

Benoît Dupont  and
Jennifer Wood
Benoît Dupont
Affiliation:
École de criminologie, Université de Montréal, 3150 Jean-Brillant, Montréal QC H3T 1N8,Canada, benoit.dupont@umontreal.ca
Jennifer Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, 1115 W. Berks Street, Philadelphia PA 19122,USA, woodj@temple.edu
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Abstract

Based on a nodal governance perspective, this article attempts to make the case for connecting disciplinary perspectives in the study of urban governance. We argue for more robust analytical enterprises that incorporate mixes of quantitative and qualitative techniques that capture both “bottom-up” and “top-down” empirical developments. Whilst stressing the need to measure the nature and strength of ties between governing nodes, we suggest there must be equal emphasis on depicting the various rationalities, and the forms of knowledge and capacities that inform them, at various nodal sites. We also highlight a number of cross-disciplinary contributions that could be made to this project by research fields such as psychology, economics, health and social work, geography and urban planning. The authors draw from the work they are undertaking respectively in Montreal, Canada and in Melbourne, Australia.

Résumé

S'appuyant sur le cadre théorique de la gouvernance nodale, cet article cherche à établir l'utilité d'échanges plus approfondis entre diverses approches disciplinaires pour étudier la sécurité urbaine. Nous suggérons notamment la mise en œuvre d'une démarche analytique plus robuste incorporant des techniques quantitatives et qualitatives qui peuvent à la fois tenir compte des initiatives émanant de la base (les citoyens) et du sommet (les dirigeants politiques et les entrepreneurs). Bien que nous accordions une grande importance à la mesure de la nature et de la force des liens qui unissent les nœuds de gouvernance, nous suggérons aussi qu'une attention égale soit accordée à la description de leurs rationalités, et des savoirs et capacités différenciés qu'ils mobilisent. Nous explorons également un certain nombre de contributions transdisciplinaires qui pourraient enrichir considérablement ce projet, plus particulièrement en psychologie, en économie, dans le domaine du travail social et de la santé, ou encore en géographie et en urbanisme. Nous nous appuyons sur des projets de recherche que nous avons menés à Montréal, au Canada, et à Melbourne, en Australie.

Type
Urban Governance and Legality from Below/Gouvernance Urbaine et Légalité d'en Bas
Information
Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , August 2007 , pp. 95 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 2007

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