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UNINA9910828451003321 |
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Autore |
McCormack Tara |
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Titolo |
Critique, security and power : the political limits to empanicipatory approaches / / Tara McCormack |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-28432-0 |
9786612284328 |
0-203-87046-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (175 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Critical Security Studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Security, International |
National security |
Human rights |
Critical theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The problem of idealism: Critical and emancipatory security theory in context; 3 'Theory is always for someone and for some purpose': The theoretical limits of critical and emancipatory theory; 4 Critical approaches to the Yugoslav break-up and wars; 5 Domestic exclusions: Citizenship and the state; 6 International exclusions: Re-considering international policy; 7 Power and agency in the post-pluralist security framework |
8 Conclusion: The political limits to critical and emancipatory approaches to security and conflictNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book aims to engage with contemporary security discourses from a critical perspective. It argues that rather than being a radical, analytical outlook, much critical security theory fails to fulfil its promise to pose a challenge to contemporary power relations.In general, 'critical security' theories and dialogues are understood to be progressive theoretical frameworks that offer a trenchant evaluation and analysis of contemporary international and national security policy. Tara McCormack investigates the limitations of contemporary critical and |
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