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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... highlight the conceptual, methodological and substantive contributions of a wide range of critical approaches. I have not, in the process, exhausted the conceptual possibilities, nor have I engaged with the work of as many scholars as I ...
... highlight the conceptual, methodological and substantive contributions of a wide range of critical approaches. I have not, in the process, exhausted the conceptual possibilities, nor have I engaged with the work of as many scholars as I ...
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... highlight the extent to which gender and, given the imperial legacy, other divisions of the world continue to inform many contemporary practices of security. The emphasis on inclusivity, however imperfect, is highlighted by questions in ...
... highlight the extent to which gender and, given the imperial legacy, other divisions of the world continue to inform many contemporary practices of security. The emphasis on inclusivity, however imperfect, is highlighted by questions in ...
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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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... highlights the political nature of attempts to define or redefine security. The chapter then takes a different cut into the Cold War context. Traditional security studies was criticized for being ethnocentric, reflecting primarily ...
... highlights the political nature of attempts to define or redefine security. The chapter then takes a different cut into the Cold War context. Traditional security studies was criticized for being ethnocentric, reflecting primarily ...
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... highlights some methodological questions about how to undertake critical analysis. Each chapter begins with a concept, which is then discussed in relation to an empirical context or contexts, highlighting how various critical approaches ...
... highlights some methodological questions about how to undertake critical analysis. Each chapter begins with a concept, which is then discussed in relation to an empirical context or contexts, highlighting how various critical approaches ...
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