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Governing Enclosure: The Role of Governance in Producing Gated Communities and Guarded Neighborhoods in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Tedong Peter Aning,
Grant Jill L.,
Wan Abd Aziz Wan Nor Azriyati
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2427.12204
Subject(s) - corporate governance , enclosure , politics , securitization , ethnic group , state (computer science) , space (punctuation) , economic geography , political science , political economy , sociology , business , geography , engineering , law , telecommunications , finance , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , financial system
Enclosed residential areas are proliferating in Malaysian cities, in common with many other parts of the world. The production of gated communities and guarded neighborhoods in Malaysia reveals the active role of the state in creating conditions that support enclosure and securitization of space. This article examines the role of governance in producing residential enclaves that reinforce segregation and fragment urban landscapes. Based on a study of gated communities in Malaysia, we argue that governments, corporations and citizen groups collaborate within a complex governance system that (re)produces enclosure. Neoliberal market principles fuse with ethnic politics, cultural predilections and economic imperatives to generate a socially and spatially fragmented urban landscape where security concerns dominate and where citizens culturally, physically and symbolically segregate themselves from others.