Diane E. Davis
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Insecurity and Violence
Examination of inter- and intra-urbanization patterns and their relationship to the political economy of urban and national development

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Journal Articles
2020
City, Nation, Network: Shifting Territorialities of Sovereignty and Urban Violence in the Global SouthUrban Planning, vol. 5, issue 3: 1–12. [referred]
2016
The Production of Space and Violence in Cities of the Global South: Evidence from Latin AmericaNóesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (num. especial Enero–Julio): 1–15.
2013
Zero-Tolerance Policing, Stealth Real Estate Development, and the Transformation of Public Space: Evidence from Mexico CityLatin American Perspectives Volume 40 Issue 2 (March): 53–76. [referred]
2013
Undermining the Rule of Law: Democratization and the Dark Side of Police Reform in MexicoLatin American Politics and Society, 48/1 (Spring): 55–86. [referred]
Book Chapters
2020
Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American CitiesIn Oxford Handbook of Sociology in Latin America, edited by Arturo Alvarado. Oxford University Press.
2017
Resilience, Security, and Spaces of Migrant Refuge (with Marianne Potvin)
In Philippe Bourbeau (ed.), Handbook of Migration and Security. Edward Elgar Press.
2013
Rescaling Security Strategies: State Tactics and Citizen Responses to Violence in Mexico City (with Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa)
In Randy K. Lippert and Kevin Walby (eds.), Policing Cities: Securitization and Regulation in the 21st Century. Routledge.
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Diane E. Davis
About
Contact
Research /
Insecurity and Violence
Examination of inter- and intra-urbanization patterns and their relationship to the political economy of urban and national development

Photo by Getty Images
Journal Articles
2020
City, Nation, Network: Shifting Territorialities of Sovereignty and Urban Violence in the Global SouthUrban Planning, vol. 5, issue 3: 1–12. [referred]
2016
The Production of Space and Violence in Cities of the Global South: Evidence from Latin AmericaNóesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (num. especial Enero–Julio): 1–15.
2013
Zero-Tolerance Policing, Stealth Real Estate Development, and the Transformation of Public Space: Evidence from Mexico CityLatin American Perspectives Volume 40 Issue 2 (March): 53–76. [referred]
2006
Undermining the Rule of Law: Democratization and the Dark Side of Police Reform in MexicoLatin American Politics and Society, 48/1 (Spring): 55–86. [referred]
Book Chapters
2020
Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American CitiesIn Oxford Handbook of Sociology in Latin America, edited by Arturo Alvarado. Oxford University Press.
2017
Resilience, Security, and Spaces of Migrant Refuge (with Marianne Potvin)
In Philippe Bourbeau (ed.), Handbook of Migration and Security. Edward Elgar Press.
2013
Rescaling Security Strategies: State Tactics and Citizen Responses to Violence in Mexico City (with Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa)
In Randy K. Lippert and Kevin Walby (eds.), Policing Cities: Securitization and Regulation in the 21st Century. Routledge.
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Diane E. Davis
About
Contact
Research /
Insecurity and Violence
Analysis of conflict emerging in the exercise of governance and in struggles over sovereignty

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Journal Articles
2020
City, Nation, Network: Shifting Territorialities of Sovereignty and Urban Violence in the Global SouthUrban Planning, vol. 5, issue 3: 1–12. [referred]
2016
The Production of Space and Violence in Cities of the Global South: Evidence from Latin AmericaNóesis: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (num. especial Enero–Julio): 1–15.
2013
Zero-Tolerance Policing, Stealth Real Estate Development, and the Transformation of Public Space: Evidence from Mexico CityLatin American Perspectives Volume 40 Issue 2 (March): 53–76. [referred]
2006
Undermining the Rule of Law: Democratization and the Dark Side of Police Reform in MexicoLatin American Politics and Society, 48/1 (Spring): 55–86. [referred]
Book Chapters
2020
Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American CitiesIn Oxford Handbook of Sociology in Latin America, edited by Arturo Alvarado. Oxford University Press.
2017
Resilience, Security, and Spaces of Migrant Refuge (with Marianne Potvin)
In Philippe Bourbeau (ed.), Handbook of Migration and Security. Edward Elgar Press.
2013
Rescaling Security Strategies: State Tactics and Citizen Responses to Violence in Mexico City (with Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa)
In Randy K. Lippert and Kevin Walby (eds.), Policing Cities: Securitization and Regulation in the 21st Century. Routledge.
© Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.
Designed by Adi Meira