SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George L. Kelling, Counterhegemony, Public Space
23 Feb 2017
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Lecture 7- governing trouble and the making of a good citizen. There is a narrative that poor people must be controlled. The significance of this is that the poor and homeless are seen as requiring marginalization. Notion that if given an opportunity, the poor will stoop to criminality. The body of the poor is a crimogenic site (see broken windows theory). Governments should contain, control and neutralize the poor through regulating public space. Under neoliberal logic, the usefulness citizens display towards their society is determined by the amount of contribution and consumption they possess. (cid:862)good (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s(cid:863) are those (cid:449)ho (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)ute. If they do not contribute, they are cast out and labeled as unwanted. Safe street act is an example of this casting out. Ssa is an aggressive law and order policy that acts as the muscle behind market discipline (see mosher article).
