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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478883603321

Autore

Stevens Daniel (Daniel Peter)

Titolo

Everyday security threats : Perceptions, experiences, and consequences / / Daniel Stevens and Nick Vaughan-Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, Michigan : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5261-2095-X

1-5261-0899-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

355/.033041

Soggetti

National security - Public opinion

National security

National security - Great Britain

National security - Great Britain - Public opinion

Electronic books.

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Perspectives on security threat politics -- The 2012 study 'Public perceptions of threat in  Britain' -- The scope of security threats and their causes -- Security threats and their consequences -- Government, perceptions and experiences of security threats, and citizen involvement in the risk management cycle.

Sommario/riassunto

'Everyday Security Threats' explores public perceptions of security threats in contemporary Britain, using data from extensive fieldwork and drawing on perspectives from International Relations, security studies and political psychology.