Containing the 'Suspect' Other
Perpetuating Colonial Spaces Through a Global Counterterrorism Regime in Nairobi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948651 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nora Naji (0000-0001-8007-5560, Political Science and Gender Studies, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland), Darja Schildknecht (0000-0002-4737-1015, Political Science and Gender Studies, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2023.2294803 |
| OpenAlex | W4390509084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
Global counterterrorism has deeply influenced urban arrangements in cities across the world, so too in Nairobi. After the Westgate attack in 2013, new modes of security governance have appeared and actively changed neighbourhoods in the capital. These new urban security arrangements build on and perpetuate, however, existing security dispositifs in the city rooted in British settler colonialism. This article therefore discusses how global counterterrorism structures manifest in and sustain racialised local security arrangements, investigating the role of spatiality within counterterrorism narratives. Taking the case of the postcolonial city of Nairobi, the article explores the two neighbourhoods of Karen and Eastleigh where security arrangements manifest in distinct ways, namely through safeguarding affluent communities from the ‘suspect’ Other who needs to be surveilled and policed. To that end, two historical security systems are embedded in urban space: Private security guarding in Karen and Nyumba Kumi in Eastleigh. The authors hence critically analyse how space governs communities, shapes subjectivities and contributes to sustaining racialised violence in the postcolonial city of Nairobi
Colonialism · Corporate governance · Criminology · Economics · Global city · Human security · Political economy · Political science · Safeguarding · Sociology · Suspect · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Global Security and Public Health · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |