The Insecure City : Space, Power, and Mobility in Beirut / / Kristin V. Monroe.
Fifteen years after the end of a protracted civil and regional war, Beirut broke out in violence once again, forcing residents to contend with many forms of insecurity, amid an often violent political and economic landscape. Providing a picture of what ordinary life is like for urban dwellers surviv...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, New Jersey : : Rutgers University Press,, [2016] ©[2016] |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: exploring mobility in Beirut
- The privatized city
- The space of war
- Politics and public space
- Securing Beirut
- The "chaos" of driving
- "There is no state".