This book considers how the issue of security is shaped by a range of actors and agencies in the public, private and nongovernmental sectors. The book has two key themes: that governance is now no longer simply shaped by thinking within the state sphere, but also within business and community spheres; and that these developments have implications for the future of democratic values as assumptions about the traditional role of government are increasingly challenged.

Jennifer Wood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple. She has published two co-edited books Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security (Cambridge, 2006; with Benoit Dupont), and Fighting Crime Together: The Challenges of Policing and Security Networks (University of New South Wales Press, 2006; with Jenny Fleming).

Clifford Shearing is the Chair of Criminology and Director of the Centre of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town. He also holds the South African National Research Foundation Chair in Security and Justice. He also holds appointment at several universities in Australia, North America and Europe.

Introduction. Imagining security. Imagining governance. Governance through force. Governing through enrolment 1. From state to nodal governance. Introduction. Transformations in state governance. Governing through others: enrolment and alignment. Private governments. Nodal governance. Conclusion 2. Community security and local governance: waves in public policing. Introduction. The place of the police. Waves in public policing. Policing as community-based. Policing as solving problems. The influence of neo-liberalism. Policing as restorative justice. Policing as fixing broken windows. Policing as intelligence work. Policing as reassurance. Conclusion 3. Human security and global governance. Introduction. Imagining human security. Threats to human security. Strategies of human security governance. Fighting crime and terror. Protecting people in zones of conflict. Protecting human rights. Building peace. Developing communities and societies. The state security/human security nexus. Conclusion 4. Responding to governance deficits. Introduction. Methods of power. Concentrate power nodally and use it to steer governance. Recognize and use all your power resources. Focus on nodes where one can be creative and assertive. Concentrate knowledge at nodes. Locate resources at nodes. Promote deliberative processes within nodes. Democracy in nodal governance. Conclusion 5. The governance of governance. Introduction. Hybridity in state governance: the case of public policing. Legal accountability. Political accountability. The new regulatory state or regulatory capitalism. Thinking like a business. Hybridity in decentred governance: private policing and beyond. Nodal governance for the future. Conclusion. Explanatory themes. Normative themes. Legislation Legal cases