Political Geographies of Piracy [electronic resource] : Constructing Threats and Containing Bodies in Somalia /
Gilmer, Brittany.author.
This book examines the increasing role of development organizations in securitization processes and argues that the new security-development counter piracy framework is (re)shaping political geographies of piracy by promoting disciplinary strategies aimed at the prevention and containment of gendered and racialized actions and bodies in Somalia.
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Cover; Political Geographies of Piracy; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; The UNODC CPP: Then and Now; Theoretical Underpinnings; Identities, Sovereignty, and Histories of Intervention; Identities; Sovereignty; Histories of Intervention; Chapter Outline; Chapter 1: Setting the Stage: Studies, Geographies, and Approaches; Academia and Somali Piracy; Setting the Stage: Geographies of Somali Piracy; South Central and Piracy; Puntland and Piracy; Somaliland and Piracy; Approaches to Combating Piracy; The Role of Militaries and Geopolitical Limitations
Criticisms of Military and Rule-of-Law Counter Piracy StrategiesAlternative Strategies for Combating Piracy; Conclusions; Chapter 2: State of Crisis: Rooting Piracy in Security and Development; Fragile States, Failed States, and African State Building; Understandings of Security and Development in Somalia; Global Politics: Reinforcing a Causal Linkage; Conclusions; Chapter 3: Pirate Mania: Global Discourse, Unlikely Partnerships, and New Strategies; International Media; International Counter Piracy Messaging Workshop; Implementing a Messaging Campaign
Participating Sectors: A New Ad Hoc Institutional Arrangement for Combating PiracyThe Government Sector; The Military Sector; Conclusions; Chapter 4: Behind Office Doors: Constructing Threats, Campaigns, and Identities; The UNODC CPP Office; Designing the Campaign; "Piracy Is Haram"; "Piracy Is Ruining Somali Culture and Traditions"; "Piracy Is Destroying Somalia's International Reputation"; "Pirates Who Go to Sea Are at Risk of Death or Imprisonment"; Resistance and (Re)locating Expertise; Push Back in Puntland; Push Back in the UNODC
Reinforcing Political Geographic Imaginaries: Somaliland's Messaging Campaign"Piracy Is Detrimental to Somaliland's Fishing Industry and the Port of Berbera"; "Piracy Is Negatively Impacting Somaliland's Economy"; "Somaliland Has an International Obligation to Help in the Fight Against Piracy"; Push Back in Somaliland; Constructions and Contradictions; Conclusions; Chapter 5: On the Ground in Somalia: Gender, Security, and Social Reproduction; Feminist Security Studies and Social Reproduction; Security Silences: Spaces of Marginalization in Securitizing Piracy; Security as Silence
Subsuming Security(Re)locating Women: The Invisible Geographies of Piracy; "Relationship" Facilitators; Resource Dealers; Care Workers; Piracy Investors; Gendered Security Practices and Social Reproduction in Somalia; Conclusions; Chapter 6: At Sea and Inside Prisons: Marked Bodies, Mobilities, and Resistance; Securing the Coast, Marking Bodies; Bodies Marked for Prison; Containing Bodies Onshore; (Re)marking Bodies and Reclaiming Coastal Waters; Detaining Bodies through Mobility; Developing Somalia, Containing Bodies; Bodies Marked in Prison; (Re)marking Bodies
Developing Containers for Marked Bodies
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines the increasing role of development organizations in securitization processes and argues that the new security-development counter piracy framework is (re)shaping political geographies of piracy by promoting disciplinary strategies aimed at the prevention and containment of gendered and racialized actions and bodies in Somalia.
Economic development.
Geography.
Human Geography.
Politics and war.
Africa-Politics and government.
Political science.
Development Studies.
Geography, general.
Human Geography.
Military and Defence Studies.
African Politics.
Political Science.