ABSTRACT
This book examines questions about the changing nature of security and insecurity in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Previous discussions of security in the Pacific region have been largely determined by the geopolitical interests of the Global North. This volume instead attempts to centre PICs’ security interests by focussing on the role of organisational culture, power dynamics and gender in (in)security processes and outcomes.
Mapping Security in the Pacific underscores the multidimensional nature of security, its relationship to local, international, organisational and cultural dynamics, the resistances engendered through various forms of insecurities, and innovative efforts to negotiate gender, context and organisational culture in reducing insecurity and enhancing justice. Covering the Pacific region widely, the volume brings forth context-specific analyses at micro-, meso- and macro-levels, allowing us to examine the interconnections between security, crime and justice, and point to the issues raised for crime and justice studies by environmental insecurity. In doing so, it opens up opportunities to rethink scholarly and policy frames related to security/insecurity about the Pacific.
Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in criminology, sociology, cultural studies, social theory and those interested in learning about the Pacific region and different aspects of security.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |12 pages
Introduction
part 1|60 pages
Reframing security in the Pacific
chapter 2|15 pages
Mapping circumstances in Oceania
chapter 4|18 pages
Resisting the tides
chapter 5|14 pages
Impact of natural disasters and climate change on national security in the Pacific
part 2|85 pages
Sources of gender insecurity in the Pacific
chapter 8|15 pages
Gender and post-conflict security
chapter 9|14 pages
Gender vulnerability to climate change and natural hazards
part 3|69 pages
Organisational culture, security providers, partner institutions and security outcomes
chapter 12|13 pages
Contextualising policing in Melanesia
chapter 14|13 pages
Insecurity, policing and marketisation
chapter 16|11 pages
Organisation repositioning for improved security provision
part |15 pages
Conclusion