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dc.contributor.authorLowen, Kyle
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-09T22:22:46Z
dc.date.available2024-05-09T22:22:46Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-30
dc.identifier.citationLowen, Kyle. Urban Design, Neoliberalism, and Social Control in the Context of Winnipeg's Canada Life Centre; A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, Department of Criminal Justice..., The University of Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: April 2024. DOI: 10.36939/ir.202405091717.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10680/2137
dc.description.abstractThis research analyzes modes of urban social control through conventional and non-conventional policing practices in Winnipeg’s “Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment District” (SHED), and the area surrounding Winnipeg’s National Hockey League arena. This research explores the relationship between neoliberal mechanisms that drive business improvement districts (BIDs) and policing practices during events in this space. Bourdieu’s “cultural capital”, and the concept of “space and place” with an emphasis on “urban branding” give insight into cultural, social, and economic differences and contextualize how the SHED is governed to promote consumption and reduce anti-social behaviours. Using a methodology of observation and a semiotic visual analysis, the findings suggest there is an increase in police and security presences in the times leading up to, during, and after NHL games in the SHED. It is argued that policing presences contribute to a securitization of capital through assisting in upholding ‘clean and safe’ logics that typically underpin the operation of BIDs, ultimately to encourage and maintain an environment that is welcoming to consumption by the middle- to upper-class.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded MAen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Winnipegen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectUrban Policingen_US
dc.subjectEvent Policingen_US
dc.subjectSocial Controlen_US
dc.subjectUrban Designen_US
dc.subjectUrban Brandingen_US
dc.titleUrban Design, Neoliberalism, and Social Control in the Context of Winnipeg's Canada Life Centreen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts in Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.publisher.grantorUniversity of Winnipegen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.36939/ir.202405091717en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCriminal Justice
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Criminal Justice
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Winnipeg


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