George Rigakos
Professor
Sociology
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
George S. Rigakos Professor of the Political Economy of Policing Degrees: B.A. (Toronto), B.Soc.Sc. (Ottawa), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (York)
Research Interest
Pacification, anti-security, political economy of public and private policing, increasing role of Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) in local governance and security, nightclubs as spectacles of risk, insecurity and consumption in late capitalism, mutualism, cooperative production
