The promotion of security is no longer a state monopoly. It is dispersed and takes place through the practices of states, corporations, non-governmental actors and community-based organizations. But what do we know about the ways in which 'security' is thought about and promoted in this pluralized field of delivery? Are democratic values being advanced and protected, or threatened and compromised? Wood and Dupont bring together a team of renowned scholars to shed light on our understanding of the arrangements for contemporary security governance. Offering a 'friendly dialogue' between those...

Molar pregnancies are so rare that many doctors go their entire careers without treating a single case. A woman who receives this diagnosis is set upon a roller coaster of shock, grief, and fear. In most cases she not only has miscarried or must end a pregnancy and must mourn the loss of a baby, but now she also faces an entirely unexpected fear: cancer. After her own molar pregnancy in 2001, Jennifer Wood created MyMolarPregnancy.com as a resource and support group for women with molar pregnancies and choriocarcinoma. Since then, countless women have found help and shared their own stories...

This book is concerned with the ways in which the problem of security is thought about and promoted by a range of individuals and agencies in the public, private, and non-governmental sectors. From a 'nodal governance' perspective, the authors map the mentalities and practices of security found in a variety of sectors, and study the ways in which thinking from these sectors influence one another. The book examines some conditions that drive innovation and explores ideas for re-imagining security, addressing contemporary governance deficits that disadvantage actors in the security field. The...