Arrested Development?

Western foreign policies have begun to reflect the
concept of underdevelopment as dangerous , as
issues such as terrorism and environmental
degradation begin to be interpreted as security
threats to Western populations. However, these are
viewed from within a traditional realist, national
interest-based paradigm of security, privileging
Western populations and the international state
system while using development aid as a security
strategy to attack these problems.
This book refers to the tenets of critical
theory to draw out the contradictions in the current
paradigm, and to elicit understandings of security
that are better able to address today s threats. It
evaluates Canada's human security policy as an
instance of the way this new formulation of security
and development has been internalized by the
Canadian government, and looks at the potential for
change that arises when a critical lens is used, in
order to draw out strategies to work towards a more
inclusive discourse.

Autorentext
Shanley McArthur completed her Master's of Arts in International Development Studies at Dalhousie University in 2007. She continues to take an active interest in foreign aid, foreign policy and national security, and is currently working on Canadian policy related to international conflict.

Klappentext
Western foreign policies have begun to reflect the concept of 'underdevelopment as dangerous', as issues such as terrorism and environmental degradation begin to be interpreted as security threats to Western populations. However, these are viewed from within a traditional realist, national interest-based paradigm of security, privileging Western populations and the international state system while using development aid as a security strategy to attack these problems. This book refers to the tenets of critical theory to draw out the contradictions in the current paradigm, and to elicit understandings of security that are better able to address today's threats. It evaluates Canada's human security policy as an instance of the way this new formulation of security and development has been internalized by the Canadian government, and looks at the potential for change that arises when a critical lens is used, in order to draw out strategies to work towards a more inclusive discourse.