War, Peace and Progress: Conflict, development, (in)security and violence in the 21st century

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Berger, Mark T ^a   Weber, Heloise ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; NATIONAL SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL HISTORY; POST-COLD WAR; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WAR;

EID: 59049087515     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802622219     Document Type: Article

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45. Our emphasis here on 'formally' is not to indicate that such strategies have not been implemented in practice, with the social impact being a worsening of the lived experiences of many, including the already vulnerable. Rather, we recognise that this process has entailed struggles to counter such 'development' strategies and also the articulation of alternative development pathways (see the references in footnotes 4 and 19).