| ID | 079041 |
| Title Proper | Reconstructing Iraq |
| Other Title Information | merging discourses of security and development |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Sovacool, Benjamin ; Halfon, Saul |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article argues that reconstruction is an emerging discourse of international politics that merges security and development discourses in powerful and troubling ways. We focus on Iraq as a site for articulating and institutionalising a particular version of reconstruction, uncovering five narratives that constitute Iraqi reconstruction discourse. We conclude by suggesting that reconstruction repackages security and development into a singular, technical, and bureaucratic worldview. This view obscures working and reliable solutions to poverty and instability by treating development as a central justification for war, and war as a promising way to develop a state and society |
| `In' analytical Note | Review of International Studies Vol. 33, No.2; Apr 2007: p223-244 |
| Journal Source | Review of International Studies Vol. 33, No.2; Apr 2007: p223-244 |
| Key Words | Reconstructing Iraq ; Iraq - Development ; Iraq War |