Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security

Jennifer Wood is a Research Fellow at Security 21: International Centre for Security and Justice within the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University. She also functions as the Canadian Coordinator of the Project for Safe and Just Communities in Argentina. Benoît Dupont is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Université de Montréal, Quebec. He is the author of Construction et Réforme d'une Police: Le Cas Australien (2003) and co-editor, with Mike Enders, of Policing the Lucky Country (2001).

• Introduction: understanding the governance of security Jennifer Wood and Benoît Dupont; 1. Reflections on the refusal to acknowledge private governments Clifford Shearing; 2. Transnational security governance Les Johnston; 3. Two case studies of American anti-terrorism Peter K. Manning; 4. Power struggles in the field of security: implications for democratic transformation Benoît Dupont; 5. Policing and security as 'club goods': the new enclosures? Adam Crawford; 6. The state, the people and democratic policing: the case of South Africa Monique Marks and Andrew Goldsmith; 7. Necessary virtues: the legitimate place of the state in the production of security Ian Loader and Neil Walker; 8. From security to health Scott Burris; 9. Research and innovation in the field of security: a nodal governance view Jennifer Wood; Conclusion: the future of democracy Benoît Dupont and Jennifer Wood.

"It is a top-tier collection of papers that will become a recurrent reference point in ongoing discussions about security, policing and governance." Kevin D. Haggerty, University of Alberta, Canadian Journal of Sociology Online