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Based on over a decade of research across Central America, the United States, Israel, and Spain, The Struggle over Security analyzes Guatemala’s security governance reforms following the end of its civil war in 1996. Drawing on in-depth interviews with police and military officers, policymakers, and security advisers, it shows that, in the aftermath of war, a transnational security reform field emerged.
The book argues that the competing politicians, bureaucrats, and experts have entrenched a security reform process that perpetuates failure in post-war Guatemala, leaving citizens exposed to violence and security institutions persistently fragile.
Challenging the very logic of security reform, the book invites scholars and practitioners to radically rethink security governance in the Global South.
1. Introduction
2. In the Aftermath of Violence: The Emergence of the Security Reform Field and the Making of a New Police
3. Challenging the Old Guard: Security as Science and Development
4. Gang Wars: Mano Dura and the Comeback of Counterinsurgency
5. Going Local: Prevention and the Re-Engineering of Communities
6. Protecting Privilege: Entrepreneurial Reformers and Security as Corporate Social Responsibilities
7. Unlearning Reform: The Futures of Security Governance