Critique, security and power : the political limits to empanicipatory approaches / / Tara McCormack

• Autore: McCormack Tara
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.033
• Soggetto topico: Security, International; National security; Human rights; Critical theory
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 emancipatory theorising and its r
• Titolo autorizzato: Critique, security and power
• ISBN: 1-282-28432-0; 9786612284328; 0-203-87046-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828451003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge critical security studies series.