The statistical politics of exceptional territories |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 15508, 1001 NA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, Colégio de S. Jerónimo, Largo D. Dinis, Apartado 3087, 3000-995 Coimbra, Portugal;2. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain;3. Departament de Geografia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain;1. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico;2. University of Pittsburgh, USA;3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA;4. University of Florida, USA;1. Geography, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE17RU, United Kingdom;2. Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Štefánikova 49, 814 73, Bratislava, Slovakia;1. School of International Relations, University of Southern California, 3518 Trousdale Parkway, VKC 330, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA;2. Political Science and International Relations (POIR) Program, University of Southern California, USA |
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| Abstract: | The so-called Rotterdam Act enables municipal governments in the Netherlands to bar poor households with no or limited residential history in the metropolitan area from moving into certain neighborhoods. Although evidently at odds with principles of equality enshrined in law, the Act has emerged as a standard part of the policy tool kit. This article seeks to explain how the Rotterdam Act came to pass. Asking this question sets us on the path of reconstructing how specific urban areas suffering from extraordinary problems were identified and how using exceptional measures to exclude specific groups were instituted. In a word, we are interested in the construction of exceptionality. We show that the construction of exceptional territories is based on the interplay of discretionary power and statistical calculation. We discuss the wider relevance of our analysis to the emerging field of critical data studies and for understanding the links between sovereignty, territory and statistics in constitutional democracies. |
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| Keywords: | Biopolitics Exclusion State of exception Urban policy Segregation Critical data studies |
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