Mapping Security in the Pacific (eBook, PDF)

A Focus on Context, Gender and Organisational Culture
Redaktion: Amin, Sara; Girard, Christian; Watson, Danielle

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines questions about the changing nature of security and insecurity in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). This volume focuses on the role of organizational culture, power dynamics, and gender in (in)security processes and outcomes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429628290
• Artikelnr.: 58715731

Autorenporträt

Sara N. Amin is Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Sociology at the University of the South Pacific. Her research focusses on migration; identity politics, violence and security; gender relations; and education. She has two ongoing projects: Religion and Policing in the Pacific and Changing Gender Relations in Families in South Asia. Danielle Watson is Lecturer and Coordinator of the Pacific Policing Programme at the University of the South Pacific. She conducts research on police/civilian relations on the margins with particular interests in hotspot policing, police recruitment and training as well as many other areas specific to policing in developing country contexts. Christian Girard, PhD, is an independent researcher and development practitioner based in Fiji and a former assistant professor in development studies at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh. His professional experience and research interests include vulnerability, poverty, informality, housing, governance and public policy in Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1- (In)Security in the Pacific Island Countries Part
1: Reframing Security in the Pacific Chapter 2- Mapping circumstances in
Oceania: Reconsidering human security in an age of globalisation Chapter 3-
Economic (In)Security in the Pacific Chapter 4- Resisting the Tides:
Responding to Nuclear and Environmental "Insecurity" in the Marshall
Islands Chapter 5- Impact of Natural Disasters and Climate Change on
National Security in the Pacific: Case Studies of Kiribati and Tuvalu Part
2: Sources of Gender Insecurity in the Pacific Chapter 6- Human security,
International Agenda and Responses to Calls for "Women's Empowerment"
Chapter 7- Mapping Gender Security-Insecurity in Fiji: Rape Myths and
Sexual Prejudice Chapter 8- Gender and post-conflict security sector
reform: Experiences from Bougainville and Solomon Islands Chapter 9- Gender
vulnerability to climate change and natural hazards: The case of Tropical
Cyclone Winston, Fiji Chapter 10- Can Theology Contribute to the Security
of Women in the Pacific Household? Chapter 11- Insecurities and Strategies
of the Leiti (Transgender) Community in Tonga and the Role of Businesses
and Indigenous Reconciliation Practices Part 3: Organisational Culture,
Security Providers, Partner Institutions and Security Outcomes Chapter 12-
Contextualizing Policing in Melanesia: History, Adaptation and Adoption
Problematized Chapter 13- Policing Sorcery Accusation Related Violence in
Papua New Guinea Chapter 14- Insecurity, Policing and Marketisation: Papua
New Guinea's Changing Security Landscape Chapter 15- Mapping Military
Reform in Fiji: Timing it Right Chapter 16- Organization Repositioning for
Improved Security Provision: Lessons from Guam on Implementing Community
Policing Conclusion Chapter 17- Security, Resilience and Resistance in the
PICs: Aligning Priorities and Relocating Responsibility