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Burnell & Randall: Politics in the Developing World 2e

Chapter 19

  1. Do developing countries have fundamentally different ideas about security to the ideas that governments in the West focus on in relation to security for their own societies?

  2. Is security in developing countries undermined by the ways in which OECD governments seek to further security for their own countries?

  3. Which security issues can the developing countries resolve without resorting to greater international cooperation and which security issues require them to engage in closer international cooperation?

  4. Are there distinct feminist perspectives on security that are relevant to developing countries?

  5. Is political reform in developing countries made more difficult by the 'securitisation' of international democracy promotion?

  6. Does the challenge of improving security necessarily raise the profile of bodies like the armed forces, state para-military agencies and intelligence services in the politics and machinery of government?

  7. Does economic development in developing countries always benefit their security, and if not, why not?

  8. Does the idea of regional security communities help us understand the security dilemmas that developing countries face? Illustrate your answer with examples.

  9. Has the addition of 'non-traditional' themes to the traditional security agenda muddied the conceptual waters? Discuss with particular reference to developing countries.

  10. To what extent and in what ways does the increasing linkage between international security and development agendas provide developing countries with opportunities?