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The Development-Security Nexus

Wright, Thomas LU (2019) SIMV07 20191
Graduate School
Department of Political Science
Education
Master of Science in Global Studies
Abstract
The increasingly interwoven landscape of development and security (often referred to as the ‘development-security nexus’) has become a salient feature of contemporary international relations. This thesis will investigate what this nexus entails and how it impacts the reality of developmental projects ‘on the ground’. From a theoretical perspective, this thesis will utilize the Foucauldian inspired concepts of biopower and biopolitics to unpack the development-security nexus and to examine its impact on different developmental practices. Following this, frame analysis will be employed to investigate two developmental case studies focusing on ‘the camp’ and ‘the park’ within the Tanzanian context. Specifically, the analysis of each case will... (More)
The increasingly interwoven landscape of development and security (often referred to as the ‘development-security nexus’) has become a salient feature of contemporary international relations. This thesis will investigate what this nexus entails and how it impacts the reality of developmental projects ‘on the ground’. From a theoretical perspective, this thesis will utilize the Foucauldian inspired concepts of biopower and biopolitics to unpack the development-security nexus and to examine its impact on different developmental practices. Following this, frame analysis will be employed to investigate two developmental case studies focusing on ‘the camp’ and ‘the park’ within the Tanzanian context. Specifically, the analysis of each case will be divided into three sections (i) spatial management (ii) management by community (iii) management via contingency (in the case of the camp) and self-management (in the case of the park). Together, both cases demonstrate how developmental practices control and administer ‘underdeveloped’ populations via limiting their spatial movements and statistically (re)producing such populations to better and more efficiently manage them. (Less)
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author
Wright, Thomas LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
The Management and Administration of ‘Underdeveloped’ Populations Within Tanzania
course
SIMV07 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
security, development, biopower, biopolitics, underdeveloped, populations, contingency, frame analysis
language
English
id
8993701
date added to LUP
2019-09-16 12:11:24
date last changed
2019-09-16 12:11:24
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  abstract     = {{The increasingly interwoven landscape of development and security (often referred to as the ‘development-security nexus’) has become a salient feature of contemporary international relations. This thesis will investigate what this nexus entails and how it impacts the reality of developmental projects ‘on the ground’. From a theoretical perspective, this thesis will utilize the Foucauldian inspired concepts of biopower and biopolitics to unpack the development-security nexus and to examine its impact on different developmental practices. Following this, frame analysis will be employed to investigate two developmental case studies focusing on ‘the camp’ and ‘the park’ within the Tanzanian context. Specifically, the analysis of each case will be divided into three sections (i) spatial management (ii) management by community (iii) management via contingency (in the case of the camp) and self-management (in the case of the park). Together, both cases demonstrate how developmental practices control and administer ‘underdeveloped’ populations via limiting their spatial movements and statistically (re)producing such populations to better and more efficiently manage them.}},
  author       = {{Wright, Thomas}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Development-Security Nexus}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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