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dc.contributor.authorColak, Alexandra Abelloen
dc.contributor.authorPearce, Jennyen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-27T14:06:23Z
dc.date.available2016-01-27T14:06:23Z
dc.date.issued01/03/2009en
dc.identifier.citationColak, A., A. and Pearce, J. (2009) ‘Security from Below’ in Contexts of Chronic Violence. IDS Bulletin 40(2): 11-19en
dc.identifier.issn1759-5436en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/8138
dc.description.abstractAt the same time that the field of security moves away from traditional state?centred perspectives towards a human?centred understanding of security, contemporary states seem to be incapable of protecting people from increasingly complex forms of insecurity. Inadequate and inefficient public responses have contributed to the erosion of the idea of security as a public good, especially in contexts of chronic violence. In this article, we suggest that in these contexts 'security from below’could help analytically and in practice to humanise security provision by focusing attention on the lived experiences of insecurity, by encouraging participation in debates about the local and universal values that should inform state responses and by enabling people to demand a people?centred but publicly delivered form of security. Rethinking security from below is not a suggestion for replacing the state; it is instead an attempt to increase the capacity of communities and local level actors to articulate their demands for better security provision based on agreed norms and under democratic principles in which security must be at the heart of all struggles for equitable development and social justice.en
dc.format.extent9en
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 40 Nos. 2en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.title‘Security from Below’ in Contexts of Chronic Violenceen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holder© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00017.xen


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