Exploring the pernicious influence of security capitalism on neighborhoods, airports, cities, and states.

Calls to defund the police or to stop brutal police violence, argue Mark Maguire and Setha Low, will never succeed as long as there are those who enjoy and take comfort in security capitalism. Security capitalism can be recognized by the marks it leaves on society, remaking public space in its own image-privatized, fortified, unequal, striated, and access-controlled. With a global and comparative lens that takes readers from Nairobi to New York City, Maguire and Low offer intimate portraits of the people behind security capitalism-the police, policy makers, and private contractors who agree that a price must be paid in blood to maintain public safety-and critique phenomena like the transfer of public funds to arms dealers via the militarization of police, securitized housing developments, and ineffectual counterterrorism efforts.

But more than just an exposé of the nefarious corporations, corrupt agencies, and incompetent governments, this book uniquely shines the spotlight on the ordinary citizens whose desires for safety drive these phenomena. Angela Davis has written of the challenge of persuading people that safety, safeguarded by violence, is not really safety. Maguire and Low aid us in thinking through the challenge, providing a common language to discuss security capitalism and offering ways to escape its clutches.

This highly erotic adult Fem-Dom discipline story involves corporal punishment, painful caning, spanking and humiliation. When Dave, 53, goes to work for Maria, a stunning, gorgeous new young boss, he discovers what it's like to submit to a dominant younger woman. Maria, at just 23, soon shows Dave who's in charge as she applies her own kind of discipline to Dave's bare bottom. So begins a horny relationship based on discipline. Dave moves in with Maria, who administers painful punishments whenever Dave steps out of line, both at home and at work. She even sends Dave for additional treatments from a real retired headmistress who certainly knows how to make a caning sting like hell. Her cruel cane lands again and again on Dave's tender, exposed bare buttocks. Ouch That REALLY Hurts Finally, Dave has to submit to a series of even more humiliating punishments carried out in front of several of his young wife's friends at a very horny dinner party. This is a combined, expanded, bargain edition of The Vicious Sting of Supple Rattan, The Swish, The Crack and the Burning Pain and A Dominant Woman Canes Her Husband, all by Mistress Jade (with Mark Maguire), and all available separately. N.B. Mistress Jade and Mark Maguire's stories feature strong graphic descriptions of adult sexual themes and are intended for adults only. (Over 18s). A man-to-man (gay) version of this stimulating story is available as An Extremely Painful Instrument of Correction, also by Mark Maguire.

When handsome, young Mark attends a business conference, his thoughtless rudeness to another delegate leads him into a new life of submission, discipline and pain at the hands of Kate, a stunning, slightly older woman who's an expert in the use of the flexible rattan cane. Mark learns complete humility as he presents his bare bottom to Kate for correction and painful punishment. How Kate's cruel cane stings as it viciously whips and cracks again and again across Mark's obediently presented, exposed naked cheeks, visiting its special torment on every part of Mark's sore, striped sit-upon. Read how their relationship develops through Kate's series of increasingly imaginative punishments. This is adult discipline described in every horny detail - for over 18s only. A man-to-man (gay) version of this stimulating story is available as Please Cane Me HARD Sir by Mark Maguire.

When handsome, young Mark attends a business conference, his thoughtless rudeness to another delegate leads him into a new life of submission, discipline and pain at the hands of Duncan, an older man who's an expert in the use of the flexible rattan cane. Mark learns complete humility as he presents his bare bottom for correction and painful punishment. How that cruel cane stings as it viciously whips and cracks again and again across Mark's obediently presented, exposed naked cheeks, visiting its special torment on every part of Mark's sore, striped sit-upon. Read how the relationship develops through a series of increasingly imaginative punishments. This is adult discipline described in every horny detail - for over 18s only. Mark Maguire writes specialist spanking and adult discipline stories. His descriptions of the canings and spankings are so vivid as he writes from personal experience. You can almost feel the intolerable sting of every stroke of the cane as you read. Collect all of Mark Maguire's exciting adult ebooks. A Fem-Dom version of this story is available as Fem-Dom Discipline Gets Results by Mistress Jade (with Mark Maguire).

When handsome, new shop assistant Daniel is rude and obnoxious to a valued customer, he discovers the painful way to learn to be polite - through the indignity of hard, regular spankings and canings applied to his upturned bare bottom. The irate customer, attractive, sexy Olivia Hamilton, is expert at severe and humiliating corporal punishment for misbehaving adults. It's so embarrassing and it hurts so much - but soon Daniel's fear and dread of the cane turns to acceptance, and finally a real craving for more and more imaginative discipline, which his new Mistress is only too keen to give. Sometimes Daniel's punishments are administered in front of enthusiastic witnesses, and to add even more to his distress and embarrassment, Olivia's niece Laura also discovers he is under her aunt's extremely strict regime. Read vivid descriptions of Daniel's increasing torments as his bare, exposed buttocks writhe and flinch under the excruciating sting of the cruel cane brought down HARD on the most sensitive parts of his bottom, over and over again. He is reduced to begging and pleading for it to stop, but Olivia well knows that regular good, old-fashioned, traditional canings, combined with prolonged bare bottom spankings, always brings about a change in behaviour. This complete, highly erotic corporal punishment novel is for adults only (over 18s) and contains strong, graphic descriptions of humiliating, naked adult discipline, together with strong sexual scenes. A man-to-man (gay) version of this hot story is available as Severe Spankings Are Best For Tom, also by Mark Maguire.

This highly erotic adult gay discipline story involves corporal punishment, painful caning, spanking and humiliation. When Dave, 53, goes to work for a handsome new young boss, he soon discovers what it's like to submit to a dominant younger guy. Mark, at just 23, soon shows Dave who's in charge as he applies his own kind of discipline to Dave's bare bottom. So begins a horny gay relationship based on discipline. Dave moves in with Mark, who administers painful punishments whenever Dave steps out of line, both at home and at work. He even sends Dave for additional treatments from a real retired headmaster who certainly knows how to make a caning sting like hell. His cruel cane lands again and again on Dave's tender, exposed bare buttocks. Ouch That REALLY hurts Finally, Dave has to submit to a series of even more humiliating punishments carried out in front of several friends at a very horny dinner party. This is a combined, expanded, bargain edition of The Cane Effect, Appointments for Punishment and Torment of Caning, all by Mark Maguire, and all available separately. NB. Mark Maguire's stories feature strong graphic descriptions of adult sexual themes and are intended for adults only. (Over 18s). A Fem-Dom version of this stimulating story is available as A Painful Fem-Dom Instrument of Correction by Mistress Jade (with Mark Maguire).

No Please Sir It HURTS TOO MUCH Sir It's for your own good, Tom, so stick that bottom UP When handsome, new shop assistant Tom is rude and obnoxious to a valued customer, he discovers the painful way to learn to be polite - through the indignity of hard, regular spankings and canings applied to his upturned bare bottom. The irate customer, Mr Parkinson, is expert at severe and humiliating corporal punishment for misbehaving adults. It's so embarrassing and it hurts so much - but soon Tom's fear and dread of the cane turns to acceptance, and finally a real craving for more and more imaginative discipline, which his new Master is only too keen to give. Sometimes Tom's punishments are administered in front of enthusiastic witnesses, and to add even more to his distress and embarrassment, his flatmate Neil is invited to watch as well. (Neil particularly enjoys seeing the effects produced by Mr Parkinson's small, polished wooden hairbrush.) Read vivid descriptions of Tom's increasing torments as his bare, exposed buttocks writhe and flinch under the excruciating sting of the cruel cane brought down HARD on the most sensitive parts of his bottom, over and over again. He is reduced to begging and pleading for it to stop, but Mr Parkinson well knows that regular good, old-fashioned, traditional canings, combined with prolonged bare bottom spankings, always brings about a change in behaviour. This complete, highly erotic corporal punishment novel is for adults only (over 18s) and contains strong, graphic descriptions of humiliating, naked adult discipline, together with strong sexual scenes. A Fem-Dom version of this hot story is available as Domestic Discipline for Daniel, by Mistress Jade with Mark Maguire

From biometrics to predictive policing, contemporary security relies on sophisticated scientific evidence-gathering and knowledge-making focused on the human body. Bringing together new anthropological perspectives on the complexities of security in the present moment, the contributors to Bodies as Evidence reveal how bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life. Through global case studies that explore biometric identification, border control, forensics, predictive policing, and counterterrorism, the contributors show how security discourses and practices that target the body contribute to new configurations of knowledge and power. At the same time, margins of error, unreliable technologies, and a growing suspicion of scientific evidence in a post-truth era contribute to growing insecurity, especially among marginalized populations.

Contributors. Carolina Alonso-Bejarano, Gregory Feldman, Francisco J. Ferrándiz, Daniel M. Goldstein, Ieva Jusionyte, Amade M'charek, Mark Maguire, Joseph P. Masco, Ursula Rao, Antonius C. G. M. Robben, Joseba Zulaika, Nils Zurawski

Getting Through Security offers an unprecedented look behind the scenes of global security structures. The authors unveil the secret colleges of counterterrorism, a world haunted by the knowledge that intelligence will fail, and Leviathan will not arrive quickly enough to save everyone. Based on extensive interviews with both special forces and other security operators who seek to protect the public, and survivors of terrorist attacks, Getting Through Security ranges from targeted European airports to African malls and hotels to explore counterterrorism today. Maguire and Westbrook reflect on what these practices mean for the bureaucratic state and its violence, and offer suggestions for the perennial challenge to secure not just modern life, but humane politics.

Mark Maguire has long had extraordinary access to a series of counterterrorism programs. He trained with covert behavior detection units and attended secret meetings of international special forces. He found that security professionals, for all the force at their command, are haunted by ultimately intractable problems. Intelligence is inadequate, killers unexpectedly announce themselves, combat teams don't arrive quickly enough, and for a time an amorphous public is on its own. Such problems both challenge and occasion the institutions of contemporary order. David Westbrook accompanied Maguire, pushing for reflection on what the dangerous enterprise of securing modern life means for key concepts such as bureaucracy, violence, and the state. Introducing us to the secret colleges of soldiers and police, where security is produced as an infinite horizon of possibility, and where tactics shape politics covertly, the authors relate moments of experimentation by police trying to secure critical infrastructure and conversations with special forces operators in Nairobi bars, a world of shifting architecture, technical responses, and the ever-present threat of violence. Secrecy is poison. Government agencies compete in the dark. The uninformed public is infantilized. Getting Through Security exposes deep flaws in the foundations of bureaucratic modernity, and suggests possibilities that may yet ameliorate our situation.

Getting Through Security offers an unprecedented look behind the scenes of global security structures. The authors unveil the secret colleges of counterterrorism, a world haunted by the knowledge that intelligence will fail, and Leviathan will not arrive quickly enough to save everyone. Based on extensive interviews with both special forces and other security operators who seek to protect the public, and survivors of terrorist attacks, Getting Through Security ranges from targeted European airports to African malls and hotels to explore counterterrorism today. Maguire and Westbrook reflect on what these practices mean for the bureaucratic state and its violence, and offer suggestions for the perennial challenge to secure not just modern life, but humane politics.

Mark Maguire has long had extraordinary access to a series of counterterrorism programs. He trained with covert behavior detection units and attended secret meetings of international special forces. He found that security professionals, for all the force at their command, are haunted by ultimately intractable problems. Intelligence is inadequate, killers unexpectedly announce themselves, combat teams don't arrive quickly enough, and for a time an amorphous public is on its own. Such problems both challenge and occasion the institutions of contemporary order. David Westbrook accompanied Maguire, pushing for reflection on what the dangerous enterprise of securing modern life means for key concepts such as bureaucracy, violence, and the state. Introducing us to the secret colleges of soldiers and police, where security is produced as an infinite horizon of possibility, and where tactics shape politics covertly, the authors relate moments of experimentation by police trying to secure critical infrastructure and conversations with special forces operators in Nairobi bars, a world of shifting architecture, technical responses, and the ever-present threat of violence. Secrecy is poison. Government agencies compete in the dark. The uninformed public is infantilized. Getting Through Security exposes deep flaws in the foundations of bureaucratic modernity, and suggests possibilities that may yet ameliorate our situation.

In a post-Cold War world of political unease and economic crisis, processes of securitisation are transforming nation-states, their citizens and non-citizens in profound ways.

The book shows how contemporary Europe is now home to a vast security industry which uses biometric identification systems, CCTV and quasi-military techniques to police migrants and disadvantaged neighbourhoods. This is the first collection of anthropological studies of security with a particular but not exclusive emphasis on Europe.

The Anthropology of Security draws together studies on the lived experiences of security and policing from the perspective of those most affected in their everyday lives. The anthropological perspectives in this volume stretch from the frontlines of policing and counter-terrorism to border control.

In a post-Cold War world of political unease and economic crisis, processes of securitisation are transforming nation-states, their citizens and non-citizens in profound ways. The book shows how contemporary Europe is now home to a vast security industry which uses biometric identification systems, CCTV and quasi-military techniques to police migrants and disadvantaged neighbourhoods. This is the first collection of anthropological studies of security with a particular but not exclusive emphasis on Europe. The Anthropology of Security draws together studies on the lived experiences of security and policing from the perspective of those most affected in their everyday lives. The anthropological perspectives in this volume stretch from the frontlines of policing and counter-terrorism to border control.

From biometrics to predictive policing, contemporary security relies on sophisticated scientific evidence-gathering and knowledge-making focused on the human body. Bringing together new anthropological perspectives on the complexities of security in the present moment, the contributors to Bodies as Evidence reveal how bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life. Through global case studies that explore biometric identification, border control, forensics, predictive policing, and counterterrorism, the contributors show how security discourses and practices that target the body contribute to new configurations of knowledge and power. At the same time, margins of error, unreliable technologies, and a growing suspicion of scientific evidence in a post-truth era contribute to growing insecurity, especially among marginalized populations.

Contributors. Carolina Alonso-Bejarano, Gregory Feldman, Francisco J. Ferrándiz, Daniel M. Goldstein, Ieva Jusionyte, Amade M'charek, Mark Maguire, Joseph P. Masco, Ursula Rao, Antonius C. G. M. Robben, Joseba Zulaika, Nils Zurawski