The 'Jeep-Gangsters' from Iceland

Local Development Assistance in a Global Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2360810
AutoresKristín Loftsdóttir (0000-0003-3491-724X, University of Iceland, Reykjavík,), Helga Björnsdóttir (University of Iceland, Reykjavík,)
Año2010
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas23-39
Fecha de publicación2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCritique of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308275x09345423
OpenAlexW2081401855
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas28

■ The landscape of international development has changed with increased emphasis on security as a key development issue. Peacekeeping - involving a mixture of both civilian and military agencies - is constructed inside discourses of insecurity and 'war on terror' and legitimized as an important contribution to development. We discuss the increased emphasis on 'security' and its meaning in relation to critical questions that anthropologists involved in development have been formulating in relation to issues such as participation, equality and gender. We take the recent reformulation of the Icelandic development assistance policy as an example of this current trend, examining changes in policies and the recent establishment of an Icelandic peacekeeping unit

Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Epistemology · Icelandic · Meaning (existential · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration