Not very long ago, authoritarian forms of government were widely regarded as necessary for rapid economic growth and development, and Western donors supported dictatorial regimes in every continent. Today the political mantra is democracy, and the World Bank and Western donors require it almost as a condition of assistance. This thought-provoking book argues not simply that the West's good governance agenda came into being with the demise of the Soviet Union. Much more importantly, it shows how this agenda comprises only very superficial democratic institutional forms that are compatible with...
Not very long ago, authoritarian forms of government were widely regarded as necessary for rapid economic growth and development, and Western donors s...
An analysis of development discourse, good governance and democratization. The author presents development not as some universally valid set of goals or procedures, but as a historically contingent form of knowledge intimately connected to prevailing power
An analysis of development discourse, good governance and democratization. The author presents development not as some universally valid set of goals ...
Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of actors, technologies, norms and discourses. They are embedded in a complex transnational architecture, defying conventional distinctions between public and private, global and local. Drawing on theories of globalization and late modernity, along with insights from criminology, political science and sociology, Security Beyond the State maps the emergence of the global private security sector and develops a novel...
Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-...
Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of actors, technologies, norms and discourses. They are embedded in a complex transnational architecture, defying conventional distinctions between public and private, global and local. Drawing on theories of globalization and late modernity, along with insights from criminology, political science and sociology, Security Beyond the State maps the emergence of the global private security sector and develops a novel...
Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-...
This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current research on private security and military companies, comprising essays by leading scholars from around the world.
The increasing privatization of security across the globe has been the subject of much debate and controversy, inciting fears of private warfare and even the collapse of the state. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the range of issues raised by contemporary security privatization, offering both a survey of the numerous roles performed by private actors and an analysis of their implications...
This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current research on private security and military companies, comprising essays by leading scho...
