‘Children and armed conflict’ and the field of security studies

Jacob, Cecilia

doi:10.1080/21624887.2015.1014675

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“…Civilian protection provides a normative justification for military intervention in political discourse (Hunt, 2010: 117), yet remains a contested and logistically challenging domain in practice. Indeed, civilian protection tends to be conceptualized as an apolitical domain, a humanitarian imperative autonomous from political interventions to resolve conflict rather than constitutive of the broader political landscape through which conflicts are interpreted, debated upon and intervened in (Fishel, 2013; Jacob, forthcoming).…”

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Practising civilian protection: Human security in Myanmar and Cambodia

Jacob

2014

Security Dialogue

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Inspired by the practice turn in the field of international relations, this article contributes to the growing interest in the sociological and potentially transformative nature of the concept of human security, with a specific emphasis on the protection of civilians affected by armed conflict. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Cambodia and Myanmar on the protection of children affected by armed conflict, it argues for a fresh analysis of human security through the lens of a ‘politics of protection’. By mapping the work of international, government, and non-governmental actors involved in the protection of conflict-affected populations, the article shows that the distinction between welfare/development-oriented approaches and security-oriented approaches creates a protection gap for vulnerable populations in practice. This brings into question the salience of a security–development nexus conceptualization of human security. Instead, a politics of protection lens offers an alternative starting point for the study of security practices in conflict-affected societies, and facilitates a reconceptualization of human security as a transformative approach to contesting the politics and practice of civilian protection.

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Practising civilian protection: Human security in Myanmar and Cambodia

Jacob

2014

Security Dialogue

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“…This article provides empirical evidence on how narratives on childhood have consequences for global security. This article also displays significant opportunities to use the critical discursive approach to explore the diverse and complex experiences of children in conflict zones and (post)conflict societies (Berents and McEvoy-Levy, 2015; Gilligan, 2009; Jacob, 2015; Lee-Koo, 2017).…”

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Objects and subjects: Strategic use of childhood in the debate over the Canadian contribution to MINUSMA

Hoban

2020

Childhood

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The debate over the scope of the Canadian military’s contribution to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali evolved from the ambitious promise of ground troops to the deployment of narrow support to the mission. This article examines how the strategic use of childhood in political persuasion shaped security discourse and the nature of the Canadian contribution to United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. This article analyzes political and media genres of discourse to examine mechanisms which (re)constructed, legitimized, and constituted childhoods during the debate on the Canadian peacekeeping deployment to Mali. Looking through the lens of critical discursive analysis, the article demonstrates the policy implications of rendering children as, what Marshall Beier defined, “security anxieties.” Representing children as potential security threats to the Canadian Armed Forces reveals their agency; it also, however, ignores the multiple, fluid roles of children in areas of conflict. This reductionist type of agency calls for correction on behalf of policy actors, furthering the objectification of children as a political problem. Examining how childhood is employed in influencing the debate about the use of military force, this article enhances our understanding of how narratives on childhood have consequences for global security. This article also displays significant opportunities to use the critical discursive approach to explore the diverse and complex experiences of children in conflict zones and (post)conflict societies.

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Introduction: Making Sense of Childhood in International Relations

Beier

2020

Discovering Childhood in International Relations

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‘Children and armed conflict’ and the field of security studies

Cited by 17 publications

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Practising civilian protection: Human security in Myanmar and Cambodia

Practising civilian protection: Human security in Myanmar and Cambodia

Objects and subjects: Strategic use of childhood in the debate over the Canadian contribution to MINUSMA

Introduction: Making Sense of Childhood in International Relations

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