B. VandeBerg & Kenneth A. Loparo 
Political Geographies of Piracy 
Constructing Threats and Containing Bodies in Somalia

This book examines the increasing role of development organizations in securitization processes and argues that the new security-development counter piracy framework is (re)shaping political geographies of piracy by promoting disciplinary strategies aimed at the prevention and containment of gendered and racialized actions and bodies in Somalia.

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Introduction 1. Setting the Stage: Studies, Geographies, and Approaches 2. State of Crisis: Rooting Piracy in Security and Development 3. Pirate Mania: Global Discourse, Unlikely Partnerships, and New Strategies 4. Behind Office Doors: Constructing Threats, Campaigns, and Identities 5. On the Ground in Somalia: Gender, Security, and Social Reproduction 6. At Sea and Inside Prisons: Marked Bodies, Mobilities, and Resistance 7. Pirate Pie: Political Economy, Piratization, and Institutional Survival 8. Beyond Intervention: Preventing Actions, Containing Bodies, and Making Profits

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Brittany Gilmer is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Geography at Old Dominion University, USA. Her expertise includes geographies of security, development, and transnational crime in East Africa. She is a former consultant with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Counter Piracy Programme headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.