03177nam 2200685Ia 450 991082845100332120240501010907.01-282-28432-097866122843280-203-87046-8(CKB)1000000000784110(EBL)449462(OCoLC)471702972(SSID)ssj0000336357(PQKBManifestationID)11229532(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336357(PQKBWorkID)10281862(PQKB)10787668(Au-PeEL)EBL449462(CaPaEBR)ebr10330897(CaONFJC)MIL228432(OCoLC)438713366(MiAaPQ)EBC449462(PPN)198462557(EXLCZ)99100000000078411020090317d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCritique, security and power the political limits to empanicipatory approaches /Tara McCormack1st ed.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (175 p.)Routledge Critical Security StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-85298-6 0-415-48540-1 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 framework8 Conclusion: The political limits to critical and emancipatory approaches to security and conflictNotes; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 emancipatory theorising and its rRoutledge critical security studies series.Security, InternationalNational securityHuman rightsCritical theorySecurity, International.National security.Human rights.Critical theory.355/.033McCormack Tara881884MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828451003321Critique, security and power3916123UNINA