Melita Lazell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1175567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melita Lazell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melita |
| FAMILY NAME | Lazell |
| SIGNATURE | LAZELL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Portsmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4036-0188 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining convergence and divergence in the fighting patterns of Islamic State-aligned jihadist groups in the wider Sahel
Despite increases in the military capabilities of Sahelian jihadists over the last decade, similarities and differences between the fighting styles of groups with common transnational jihadist affiliations remain underexplored. This article compares the activities of the two Islamic State (IS)-affiliated groups in the wider Sahel: the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and the Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP). Despite a common affiliat…
UK aid is failing
This paper proposes a new five-dimensional agenda for UK international development policy, offering an alternative to the current approach. The agenda is based on a critical evaluation of UK development policy since 1997 and incorporates insights from the ‘post-aid’ discourse. Key recommendations include: Recognition of complexity: The UK must acknowledge the complex and contested nature of global development and the inherent limits of developmen…
UK aid to Africa
This article investigates how UK aid to Africa changed in the 2010s. Based on a thematic analysis of nearly 30 key policy documents spanning 2000–2020. It concludes that the securitisation of aid to Africa, as a framework for understanding donor motivation, morphed, by the close of the 2010s, into the ‘nationalisation’ of aid. This prescribed neoliberal development in the UK national interest and ignored the way in which neoliberal development cr…
“Securitized” UK aid projects in Africa
Is development aid securitized? Evidence from a cross‐country examination of aid commitments
Multilateral donors and the security-development nexus
This article assesses how the ‘security-development nexus’ has impacted multilateral aid to conflict-affected states; an area until now understudied. Using a mixed methods approach, we examine both the policy discourse and aid commitments of the major multilateral donors: the European Commission, the World Bank and the UNDP. We investigate the extent to which these donors fund the sectors identified within the policy discourse as crucial to ensur…
Liberalism(s) and the Critical Securitization of Development Debate
The securitization of development theme has developed substantially since the late 1990s within the critical global governance literature. To varying degrees, contributors to this debate argue that a liberal global governance complex links the discourses of security and development in what is described as the ‘security–development nexus’, such that the South is conceived as an international security threat. Whilst the security–development nexus i…
Multilateral donors and the security-development nexus
This article assesses how the ‘security-development nexus’ has impacted multilateral aid to conflict-affected states; an area until now understudied. Using a mixed methods approach, we examine both the policy discourse and aid commitments of the major multilateral donors: the European Commission, the World Bank and the UNDP. We investigate the extent to which these donors fund the sectors identified within the policy discourse as crucial to ensur…
UK aid to Africa
This article investigates how UK aid to Africa changed in the 2010s. Based on a thematic analysis of nearly 30 key policy documents spanning 2000–2020. It concludes that the securitisation of aid to Africa, as a framework for understanding donor motivation, morphed, by the close of the 2010s, into the ‘nationalisation’ of aid. This prescribed neoliberal development in the UK national interest and ignored the way in which neoliberal development cr…
Liberalism(s) and the Critical Securitization of Development Debate
The securitization of development theme has developed substantially since the late 1990s within the critical global governance literature. To varying degrees, contributors to this debate argue that a liberal global governance complex links the discourses of security and development in what is described as the ‘security–development nexus’, such that the South is conceived as an international security threat. Whilst the security–development nexus i…
Liberalism(s) and the Critical Securitization of Development Debate
The securitization of development theme has developed substantially since the late 1990s within the critical global governance literature. To varying degrees, contributors to this debate argue that a liberal global governance complex links the discourses of security and development in what is described as the ‘security–development nexus’, such that the South is conceived as an international security threat. Whilst the security–development nexus i…
Multilateral donors and the security-development nexus
This article assesses how the ‘security-development nexus’ has impacted multilateral aid to conflict-affected states; an area until now understudied. Using a mixed methods approach, we examine both the policy discourse and aid commitments of the major multilateral donors: the European Commission, the World Bank and the UNDP. We investigate the extent to which these donors fund the sectors identified within the policy discourse as crucial to ensur…
Is development aid securitized? Evidence from a cross‐country examination of aid commitments
“Securitized” UK aid projects in Africa
UK aid to Africa
This article investigates how UK aid to Africa changed in the 2010s. Based on a thematic analysis of nearly 30 key policy documents spanning 2000–2020. It concludes that the securitisation of aid to Africa, as a framework for understanding donor motivation, morphed, by the close of the 2010s, into the ‘nationalisation’ of aid. This prescribed neoliberal development in the UK national interest and ignored the way in which neoliberal development cr…
UK aid is failing
This paper proposes a new five-dimensional agenda for UK international development policy, offering an alternative to the current approach. The agenda is based on a critical evaluation of UK development policy since 1997 and incorporates insights from the ‘post-aid’ discourse. Key recommendations include: Recognition of complexity: The UK must acknowledge the complex and contested nature of global development and the inherent limits of developmen…
Examining convergence and divergence in the fighting patterns of Islamic State-aligned jihadist groups in the wider Sahel
Despite increases in the military capabilities of Sahelian jihadists over the last decade, similarities and differences between the fighting styles of groups with common transnational jihadist affiliations remain underexplored. This article compares the activities of the two Islamic State (IS)-affiliated groups in the wider Sahel: the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and the Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP). Despite a common affiliat…
Economics (6 works) · International Development and Aid (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Aid effectiveness (3 works) · Developing country (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works)