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Security Aid
Canada and the Development Regime of Security
Jeffrey Monaghan (Author)
9781487501181
Hardback, published 24 April 2017
312 pages, 21 Figures
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.62 kg
Canada is actively involved through various agencies in the domestic affairs of countries in the Global South. Over time, these practices – rationalized as a form of humanitarian assistance − have become increasingly focused on enhancing regimes of surveillance, policing, prisons, border control, and security governance. Drawing on an array of previously classified materials and interviews with security experts, Security Aid presents a critical analysis of the securitization of humanitarian aid. Jeffrey Monaghan demonstrates that, while Canadian humanitarian assistance may be framed around altruistic ideals, these ideals are subordinate to two overlapping objectives: the advancement of Canada’s strategic interests and the development of security states in the "underdeveloped" world. Through case studies of the major aid programs in Haiti, Libya, and Southeast Asia, Security Aid provides a comprehensive analysis and reinterpretation of Canada’s foreign policy agenda and its role in global affairs.
Security aid: An introduction Chapter One Canada and the transversal security community Chapter Two Mapping security aid and the geographies of (in)security Chapter Three Security interventions: Policing the transversal Chapter Four Security infrastructures: ‘Hardware’ of transversal security Chapter Five Security techniques: ‘Software’ of transversal security Conclusion(s): Security aid in an insecure world References Access to Information Act Requests cited