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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784373103321

Titolo

Critical security studies [[electronic resource] ] : concepts and cases / / Keith Krause and Michael C. Williams, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8166-8765-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Collana

Borderlines ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

KrauseKeith

WilliamsMichael C <1960-> (Michael Charles)

Disciplina

327.1/7

Soggetti

International relations

Security, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface: Toward Critical Security Studies; Acknowledgments; PART I: Conceptual Debates and Approaches; 1. Contesting an Essential Concept: Reading the Dilemmas in Contemporary Security Discourse; 2. From Strategy to Security: Foundations of Critical Security Studies; 3. The Subject of Security; 4. Security and Self: Reflections of a Fallen Realist; 5. Defining Security: A Subaltern Realist Perspective; PART II: The Discourses of Security; 6. Discourses of War: Security and the Case of Yugoslavia; 7. Reimagining Security: The Metaphors of Proliferation; 8. Changing Worlds of Security

PART III: World Order and Regional Imperatives9. Between a New World Order and None: Explaining the Reemergence of the United Nations in World Politics; 10. The Periphery as the Core: The Third World and Security Studies; 11. Critical Security Studies and Regional Insecurity: The Case of Southern Africa; 12. Conclusion: Every Month Is ""Security Awareness Month""; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Brings together a diverse new group of analysts seeking to explore issues of international relations and contribute to the development of a self-consciously critical perspective within security studies.