Security and Development (Paperback)

John-Andrew McNeish

ISBN 10: 0857451774 / ISBN 13: 9780857451774

Published by Berghahn Books, Oxford, 2010

Paperback. Since 9/11 ideas of security have focused in part on the development of ungovernable spaces. Important debates are now being had over the nature, impacts, and outcomes of the numerous policy statements made by northern governments, NGOs, and international institutions that view the merging of security with development as both unproblematic and progressive. This volume addresses this new securitydevelopment nexus and investigates internal institutional logics, as well as the operation of policy, its dangers, resistances and complicity with other local and national social processes. Drawing on detailed ethnography, the contributors offer new vantage points to understand the workings of multiple, intersecting, and conflicting power structures, which whilst local, are tied to non-local systems and operate across time. This volume is a necessary critique and extension of key themes integral to the security development nexus debate, highlighting the importance of a situated and substantive understanding of human security. Since 9/11 ideas of security have focused in part on the development of ungovernable spaces. Important debates are now being had over the nature, impacts, and outcomes of the numerous policy statements made by northern governments, NGOs, and international institutions that view the merging of security with development as both unproblematic. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780857451774

Synopsis:

Since 9/11 ideas of security have focused in part on the development of ungovernable spaces. Important debates are now being had over the nature, impacts, and outcomes of the numerous policy statements made by northern governments, NGOs, and international institutions that view the merging of security with development as both unproblematic and progressive. This volume addresses this new security–development nexus and investigates internal institutional logics, as well as the operation of policy, its dangers, resistances and complicity with other local and national social processes. Drawing on detailed ethnography, the contributors offer new vantage points to understand the workings of multiple, intersecting, and conflicting power structures, which whilst local, are tied to non-local systems and operate across time. This volume is a necessary critique and extension of key themes integral to the security– development nexus debate, highlighting the importance of a situated and substantive understanding of human security.

About the Authors:

John-Andrew McNeish is a Senior Researcher at Chr. Michelsens Institute (CMI) and Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Environmental and Biological Life Sciences (UMB).

Jon Harald Sande Lie is a research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and a PhD candidate at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Security and Development (Paperback)
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Oxford
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new