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1. Limits of theorising about IR and security -- 2. Critical theorizing about IR and security -- 3. How to access others' conceptions of the international? -- 4. Inquiring into security in the international -- 5. Inquiring into the international in security -- 6. Civilisation, dialogue, in/security.

While widely considered a core pillar of the peace and security architecture, Security Sector Reform (SSR) is coming under fire. SSR theory and practice are criticized for being overly focused on traditional conflict and post-conflict settings and for being unable to adjust to unconventional settings marked by chronic crime and terrorism. SSR tends to be disproportionately focused on national institutions and less amenable to engaging at the subnational scale. Drawing on the experiences of so-called 'citizen security' measures in cities across Latin America and the Caribbean, this paper offers some opportunities for renewing and revitalizing SSR. The emphasis of citizen security interventions on multiple forms of insecurity, data-driven and evidence-informed prevention, the promotion of social cohesion and efficacy and designing crime prevention into the social and built environment are all insights that can positively reinforce comprehensive SSR measures in the 21st century

Intro -- HOMELAND SECURITY: 2011 APPROPRIATIONS -- HOMELAND SECURITY:2011 APPROPRIATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT: FY2011 APPROPRIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- Continuing Resolutions -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- President's FY2011 Budget Request Submitted -- Note on Most Recent Data -- BACKGROUND -- Department of Homeland Security -- 302(a) and 302(b) Allocations -- Budget Authority, Obligations, and Outlays -- Discretionary and Mandatory Spending -- Offsetting Collections -- APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY -- DHS Appropriations Trends -- Summary of DHS Appropriations -- TITLE I: DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS5 -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- Personnel Issues -- Personnel and the President's FY2011 Request -- Personnel and the Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- Analysis and Operations -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- TITLE II: SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS -- Customs and Border Protection -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- Issues for Congress -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- Issues for Congress -- Transportation Security Administration -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- Issues for Congress -- United States Coast Guard4 -- President's FY2011 Request -- Issues for Congress -- United States Secret Service -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- Issues for Congress -- TITLE III: PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY -- Federal Emergency Management Agency -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate-Reported S. 3607 -- Issues for Congress -- Disaster Relief Fund -- President's FY2011 Request -- Senate Reported S. 3607 -- Issues for Congress

The literature compiled in this four-volume collection explores the real and potential linkages between environmental change and security. Early formulations of environmental security date to antiquity, whilst contemporary formulations of environment-conflict-peace linkages grew in part from the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The ensuing flood of academic enquiry has been diverse and extensive, and the objective of this major work is to organize this important but polysemous literature in order to provide a comprehensive, historically rich and global overview of its key concepts, findings, contributors and methodologies

Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite great global effort, events of the early 21st century clearly demonstrate that food remains a pressing challenge which has significant implications for security. In this book, Bryan McDonald explores how processes of globalization and global change have reshaped food systems in ways that have significant impacts for the national security of states and the human of communities and individuals. Over the past few decades, local, regional, and national food systems have increasingly become intertwined in an emerging global food network. This complex web of relations includes the production, harvest, processing, transport, and consumption of food. While this global food network provides new opportunities for improving health and well-being, it also gives rise to new sources of security threats and vulnerabilities. -- Back cover.

1. Making uncertainty fungible -- 2. Securing by capitalizing life -- 3. The quest for insurability in the molecular age -- 4. Securitizing catastrophic environments, insuring uninsurable lives -- 5. Kidnap and ransom insurance -- 6. Insurance and the securitization of global maritime circulation -- 7. Valuation-subjectivity-security.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- International Social Security Agreements -- Summary -- Introduction -- Main Purposes -- Eliminating Dual Social Security Taxation -- Filling Gaps in Social Security Coverage -- Other Goals -- Negotiation, Congressional Review, and Implementation -- Nature and Authority -- Legislative History of Section 233 of the Social Security Act -- Selection of Partner Countries -- Negotiation and Conclusion of Agreements -- Congressional Review of Agreements -- Implementation of Agreements -- Changes and Termination of Agreements -- Current Social Security Agreements -- Totalization Benefits -- Benefit Application Process -- Computation of Benefits -- Monitoring of Beneficiaries -- Effects of Agreements on Selected Provisions of the Social Security Act -- Waiver of the Alien Nonpayment Provision -- Legislative History of Payment Rules for Noncitizens -- Exemption from the Windfall Elimination Provision -- Application of a Work Test -- Qualification for Medicare Hospital Insurance -- Issues and Concerns -- Assessing Risks Associated with Future Agreements -- Determining Eligibility for Benefits under an Agreement -- Related Testimony by GAO and SSA in 2006 -- Status of SSA Initiatives in 2009 -- The Role of Congress -- Legislation in the 111th Congress -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Computation of the Social Security Primary Insurance Amount -- Appendix B. Exception Countries -- Social Insurance or Pension System Countries -- Treaty Obligation Countries -- Acknowledgments -- End Notes -- Social Security: Your Payments While You Are Outside the United States -- Introduction -- When You are "Outside the United States" -- What Happens to Your Right to Social Security Payments When You Are Outside the United States

"Serves as a comprehensive, yet concise, reference guide and discusses a broad range of physical safety, security measures, and risk management"--

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The Role of Cassava Production in Improving Food Security in the Delta State of Nigeria -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. An Overview of Global Cassava Production -- 1.2. Problem Statement -- 1.3. Objective of the Study -- 2. Literature Review -- 2.1. Cassava Production in Nigeria -- 2.2. Cassava Production in Delta State of Nigeria -- 2.3. Contribution of Agriculture to Nigerian Economy -- 3. Food Security -- 3.1. Global Food Security -- 3.2. Food Security Situation in Nigeria -- 3.3. Government Interventions and Strategies to Curb Food Insecurity in Nigeria -- 4. Materials and Methods -- 4.1. Study Area -- 4.2. Sources of Data -- 4.3. Data Analysis -- 5. Results and Discussion -- 5.1. Socioeconomic Characteristics -- 5.2. Determinants of Factors Influencing Cassava Production in the Study Area -- 6. Value Chain Concept in Agriculture -- 6.1. Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- Suggestions -- References -- Chapter 2 -- An Assessment of Rural Women's Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Food Security Information in the Niger Delta, Nigeria -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Personal and Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Respondents -- Rural Women's Use of ICTs for Food Security Information -- Personal and Socio-Economic Characteristics Influencing Rural Women's Use of ICTs -- Perceived Constraints to Rural Women's Use of ICTs for Food Security Information -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Women Food-Crop Entrepreneurs in Southwestern Cameroon: Challenges to Promoting National Food Security -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Food Security in Cameroon and the Sub-Region -- Contextualizing Women and Food Security -- Framing the Study