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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... politics, humanitarian interventions, or economic sanctions only exist by virtue of the social, ideological, cultural or political structures by which they are given meaning and imbued with legitimacy and power. In this respect, the ...
... politics, humanitarian interventions, or economic sanctions only exist by virtue of the social, ideological, cultural or political structures by which they are given meaning and imbued with legitimacy and power. In this respect, the ...
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... politics–security relationship or of 'the political' itself is often fought over. In this respect, war or peace, and a range of related practices, may be constitutive of the political identity of states and other actors. This position ...
... politics–security relationship or of 'the political' itself is often fought over. In this respect, war or peace, and a range of related practices, may be constitutive of the political identity of states and other actors. This position ...
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... political, which severely constrains and limits the space of political contestation. The second focuses on the possibility of emancipation from technologies of power/knowledge and the opening of spaces for alternative voices and ...
... political, which severely constrains and limits the space of political contestation. The second focuses on the possibility of emancipation from technologies of power/knowledge and the opening of spaces for alternative voices and ...
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... 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 American concerns ...
... 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 American concerns ...
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... political practice, on removing insecurity from political life, as if this were possible. If only the cancer of communism could be removed, or the swamp of terrorism drained, we.
... political practice, on removing insecurity from political life, as if this were possible. If only the cancer of communism could be removed, or the swamp of terrorism drained, we.
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