Global Governance and the New Wars : The Merging of Development and Security

Duffield, Mark; Donini, Antonio (FRW)

ISBN 10: 1780325606 / ISBN 13: 9781780325606

Published by Zed Books, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Global Governance and the New Wars : The Merging of Development and Security
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780325606
• ISBN 13: 9781780325606
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse. Aid agencies have become increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. Duffield explores the consequences of this growing merger of development and security, unravelling the nature of the new wars and the response of the international community, in particular the new systems of global governance that are emerging as a result.

An essential work for anyone studying, interested in, or working in development or international security.

About the Authors

Pnina Werbner is professor emerita in social anthropology at Keele University. She is an urban anthropologist who has studied Muslim South Asians in Britain and Pakistan and, more recently, the women's movement and the Manual Workers Union in Botswana.

Richard Werbner is emeritus professor of African anthropology at the University of Manchester. Among his books are Tears of the Dead (1991) and Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa (Zed 2002).