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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... focus on military threats to the state, is no longer unquestioned (Peoples and Vaugh-Williams 2010: 2). Some have, however, expressed concern that as critical theory becomes 'mainstream' or common sense in parts of the academic world ...
... focus on military threats to the state, is no longer unquestioned (Peoples and Vaugh-Williams 2010: 2). Some have, however, expressed concern that as critical theory becomes 'mainstream' or common sense in parts of the academic world ...
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... focus of CSS was on the narrow military definition of security. In the intervening period new concerns, many of which reflect critically on practices of global liberal governance, have come to occupy centre stage, thereby shifting the ...
... focus of CSS was on the narrow military definition of security. In the intervening period new concerns, many of which reflect critically on practices of global liberal governance, have come to occupy centre stage, thereby shifting the ...
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... focus of critical reflection by scholars concerned about the spread of global liberal governance in the twenty-first century. This second edition, while examining the earlier evolution of CSS, has mapped further changes in the debates ...
... focus of critical reflection by scholars concerned about the spread of global liberal governance in the twenty-first century. This second edition, while examining the earlier evolution of CSS, has mapped further changes in the debates ...
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... focus on Europe (Behnke 2007; Salter 2007) to the exclusion of post-colonial and development studies (Salter 2007) as well as feminist scholarship (Sylvester 2007). Consistent with the conceptual focus of this book, the intention is ...
... focus on Europe (Behnke 2007; Salter 2007) to the exclusion of post-colonial and development studies (Salter 2007) as well as feminist scholarship (Sylvester 2007). Consistent with the conceptual focus of this book, the intention is ...
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Karin M. Fierke. The second rationale for a conceptual focus is to highlight a shift away from questions about the most appropriate referent object of security, and which threats should have priority, to a question of how, having adopted ...
Karin M. Fierke. The second rationale for a conceptual focus is to highlight a shift away from questions about the most appropriate referent object of security, and which threats should have priority, to a question of how, having adopted ...
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