%0 Journal Article
%T Security as a Selective Project
%A Alice Hills
%J Studies in Social Justice
%D 2009
%I University of Windsor
%X Security is a selective project that is typically understood, produced and expressed in terms of differentiation and exclusion; it is rarely for all. This is notably so in post-conflict cities, where the principal political weapons are coercion and intimidation, and territoriality is a significant facet of security¡¯s physical dimension and exclusionary tendencies. Cities such as Baghdad and Basra are divided into ethnic or sectarian areas, and security¡¯s referent object is an identity or group. Friction exists between the multiple perspectives and interests concerned, and it is probably not possible to develop city-wide security, or, indeed, a comprehensive understanding that integrates state, factional and personal security. International efforts to use a reformed public police to rebalance the provision of security more equitably are accordingly unrealistic.
%K Police
%K post-conflict cities
%K security
%K Iraq war
%K war
%K policing
%U http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/SSJ/article/view/627