Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security

Bibliographic Data

ID7268142
AuthorsChris Kukucha (University of Lethbridge, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume40
Issue4
Pages1060-1061
Publication date2007-11-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423907071260
OpenAlexW2161410874
LanguageEN
Citations received15

Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security , Jennifer Wood and Benoît Dupont, eds., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 291. This edited volume engages the question of security from a critical perspective, with an emphasis on sociology and criminology. The various chapters and overall argument, however, should be of considerable interest to political scientists, especially those seeking a broader understanding of international and domestic security. Specifically, contributors suggest that security is no longer a state-centric concept and is now a by-product of a wide range of public and private interests, including governments, corporations and community-based organizations. The collection includes a diverse range of chapters examining transnational commercial security providers (Johnston), inter-agency anti-terrorist networks (Manning), external stakeholders and police organizations (Dupont), linkages between health and security (Burris), and “enclosed” security areas, such as gated communities and privately owned shopping centres (Crawford). As a unifying theme, the editors question the relevance of democratic values in this “pluralized field of delivery.” The goal is to examine these issues by “integrating explanatory and normative theory” (1

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