Critical Approaches to International SecurityJohn Wiley & Sons, 2015 M03 6 - 320 pages During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastÐWest hostilities, however, brought ‘critical’ perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the emergence of new challenges to international stability, such as environmental degradation, immigration and terrorism. The second edition of this popular and highly respected text offers a wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis of the growing field of critical security studies. All the chapters have been fully revised and updated to map the on-going evolution of debates about international security since 1989, including the more recent shift in emphasis from critiques of the realist practices of states to those of global liberal governance. Topics covered include the relationship between security and change, identity, the production of danger, fear and trauma, human insecurity and emancipation. The book explores the meaning and use of these concepts and their relevance to real-life situations ranging from the War on Terror to the Arab Spring, migration, suffering in war, failed states and state-building, and the changing landscape of the international system, with the emergence of a multipolar world and the escalation of global climate change. Written with verve and clarity and incorporating new seminar activities and questions for class discussion, this book will be an invaluable resource for students of international relations and security studies. |
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... chapter, which I hope will help students to think through the implications, policy or otherwise, of the book and the different perspectives represented within it. Critical security studies, like critical theory more broadly, has often ...
... chapter, which I hope will help students to think through the implications, policy or otherwise, of the book and the different perspectives represented within it. Critical security studies, like critical theory more broadly, has often ...
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... Chapter 6 on Fear and Trauma, and to the reviewers of the whole text for their very helpful feedback. I would also like to thank David Mutimer for inviting me to participate on the editorial board of the new journal, Critical Studies on ...
... Chapter 6 on Fear and Trauma, and to the reviewers of the whole text for their very helpful feedback. I would also like to thank David Mutimer for inviting me to participate on the editorial board of the new journal, Critical Studies on ...
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... chapters in particular have retained many of the earlier references, in order to capture the flavour of debates as they have unfolded, while trying to incorporate as much new literature as is possible given space constraints. I have ...
... chapters in particular have retained many of the earlier references, in order to capture the flavour of debates as they have unfolded, while trying to incorporate as much new literature as is possible given space constraints. I have ...
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... inclusivity, however imperfect, is highlighted by questions in the final chapter regarding the potential for a more global dialogue regarding the meaning of security. The second rationale for a conceptual focus is to highlight.
... inclusivity, however imperfect, is highlighted by questions in the final chapter regarding the potential for a more global dialogue regarding the meaning of security. The second rationale for a conceptual focus is to highlight.
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... Chapter 1 argues that definitions of security are always political and contextually bound. The narrow military definition of security, as the threat and use of force, is a product of a particular historical and political practice. But ...
... Chapter 1 argues that definitions of security are always political and contextually bound. The narrow military definition of security, as the threat and use of force, is a product of a particular historical and political practice. But ...
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