Autore	Iklé Fred Charles
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (100 p.)
Disciplina	355/.033
Soggetto topico	Security, International Technology - Social aspects Terrorism Radicalism Nuclear disarmament
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-231-51140-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- What This Book Is About -- 1. Mankind's Cultural Split -- 2. Science Pushes Us Over the Brink -- 3. Five Lessons of the Nuclear Age -- 4. Annihilation from Within -- 5. Time to Get Serious -- 6. Restoration -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451676903321

Autore	Braithwaite Alex
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Burlington VT, : Ashgate, c2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (160 p.)
Disciplina	355/.033
Soggetto topico	War War - Causes
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-317-16219-6 1-317-16218-8 1-282-61479-7 9786612614798 0-7546-9855-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 The Emergence of Conflict Hot Spots; 2 A Location- and Neighborhood-Based Account of Conflict Hosting and Hot Spots; 3 The Hosting of International Conflicts; 4 The Causes of Conflict Hot Spots; 5 Hot Spots and the Diffusion of International Conflict; 6 The Consequences of Conflict Hot Spots; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459140003321

Autore	Fierke K. M (Karin M.)
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (575 p.)
Disciplina	355/.033
Soggetto topico	Security, International
ISBN	1-5095-0167-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Introduction; Politics and security; Further reading; Notes; PART I CONTEXT; 1 Definitions and Redefinitions; Realism and the Cold War; The methodological debate; Return to the military definition?; Further reading; Classroom exercise; Questions; Notes; 2 The Proliferation of Concepts; Essentially contested concepts; An ethnocentric concept; Proliferation of concepts; Conclusion; Further reading; Classroom exercise; Questions; Notes; PART II METHODOLOGY; 3 Change; Human nature and social construction; Structures and agents; Immanent critique; Resistance ConclusionFurther reading; Classroom exercise; Questions; Notes; 4 Identity; Aspects of identity; Identity and discourse analysis; Identity and the 'clash of civilizations'; Conclusion; Further reading; Classroom exercise; Questions; Notes; PART III PRACTICE; 5 Danger; The representation of danger; The politics of danger; The production of insecurity; What is at stake?; Further reading; Classroom exercise; Questions; Notes; 6 Fear and Trauma; The securitization of fear; The medicalization of trauma; The politicization of fear and trauma; Conclusion; Further reading; Classroom exercise QuestionsNotes; 7 Human Insecurity; Human security; Development and security; The critical response; Conclusion; Further reading; Classroom exercise; Questions; 8 Emancipation; Emancipation; Dialogue; Care; Further reading; Classroom exercise; Questions; Notes; References; Index; End User License Agreement
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910159022103321

Autore	McCormack Tara
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (175 p.)
Disciplina	355/.033
Collana	Routledge Critical Security Studies
Soggetto topico	Security, International National security Human rights Critical theory
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-28432-0 9786612284328 0-203-87046-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454328503321