@article{fdi:010075579,
  title = {{T}he discourse of security in development policies : a genealogical approach to "{S}ecurity {S}ector {R}eform"},
  author = {{L}arzilli{\`e}re, {P}{\'e}n{\'e}lope},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ecurity is one of the objectives that has become associated with development policies. {T}his article offers a genealogical perspective on this shift, focusing on the introduction of "{S}ecurity {S}ector {R}eform" ({SSR}) into development policy as an apparatus with a two-fold normative process. {T}he first point of note is the securitization of development policy. {T}his pertains both to the discourse elements of the apparatus-here, the effects of the use of security semantics-and to its political technologies, with an {SSR} apparatus which can function as a new label for military co-operation. {T}his has led to new approaches in societies where this has taken place, with threat a key focus. {T}here has also been a process of depoliticization in the wake of technical, standardized approaches. {T}his has sidelined debate on the norms and political choices involved, albeit implicitly. {S}econdly, one can observe structural ambivalences in the field, chiefly on the issue of the state and the normative contradictions of a policy to strengthen "fragile states" that relies on external intervention in national politics. {T}he case study of {L}ebanon complements this analysis, highlighting the structural tensions between the various aims of {SSR}, and how this affects local ownership: both the perception and reception of {SSR} are marked by power relationships which translate into hegemonic and counter-hegemonic labelling.},
  keywords = {apparatus ; genealogy ; {L}ebanon ; security and development ; security sector ; reform ; {LIBAN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{D}evelopment {P}olicy {R}eview},
  volume = {37},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {384--401},
  ISSN = {0950-6764},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1111/dpr.12342},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075579},
}