Fearing the immigrant : racialization and urban policy in Toronto

Saberi, Parastou 1975- (author.).

Summary: "Parastou Saberi argues that Toronto's urban policies are influenced by a territorialized and racialized security agenda-one that parallels the "War on Terror." Focusing on the figure of the immigrant and so-called immigrant neighborhoods as the targets of urban policy, Saberi offers an innovative, multidisciplinary approach to the politics of racialization and the governing of alterity through space in contemporary cities"--

Record details

ISBN: 1517909848
ISBN: 9781517909840
Physical Description: 290 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
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Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-271) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Beginnings : on urban policy and international relations -- Making the immigrant : politics, immigration policy and foreign policy -- The "Paris problem" in Toronto : racialization and geographical imaginaries of danger -- Policing immigrant neighborhoods : from militarized to preventive policing -- Making urban policy : liberal humanitarianism and mapping social problems -- Reforming urban policy : positivism, social determinants of health, and equity -- Urbanizing concrete towers : liberal humanitarianism and design solutions -- By way of conclusion.