Security as a Selective Project

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ID12967490
AuthorsAlice Hills (0000-0003-4923-0571, University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume3
Issue1
Pages79-97
Publication date2009-10-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Social Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1911-4788 • E-ISSN: 1911-4788
PublisherBrock University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.26522/ssj.v3i1.1025
OpenAlexW1622308820
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Security is a selective project that is typically understood, produced and expressed in terms of differentiation and exclusion; it is rarely for all. This is notably so in post-conflict cities, where the principal political weapons are coercion and intimidation, and territoriality is a significant facet of security’s physical dimension and exclusionary tendencies. Cities such as Baghdad and Basra are divided into ethnic or sectarian areas, and security’s referent object is an identity or group. Friction exists between the multiple perspectives and interests concerned, and it is probably not possible to develop city-wide security, or, indeed, a comprehensive understanding that integrates state, factional and personal security. International efforts to use a reformed public police to rebalance the provision of security more equitably are accordingly unrealistic

Coercion (linguistics · Computer security · Dimension (graph theory · Ethnic group · International security · Intimidation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security · Public relations · Referent · Sociology · State (computer science · Territoriality · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Public Administration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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