Security

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-10740-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Security is a vital subject of study in the twenty-first century and a central theme in many social science disciplines. This volume provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which the concept of security is theorized and studied across different disciplines. The book has two objectives: first, to explore the growing diversity of theories, paradigms, and methods developed to study security; and, second, to initiate a multidisciplinary dialogue about the ontological, epistemological, paradigmatic, and normative aspects of security studies in social sciences. Readers across nine fields are invited to reflect on their conceptualizations of security and to consider how an interdisciplinary dialogue can stimulate and enrich the understanding of security in our contemporary world. Analytically sharp yet easy to read, this is a cutting-edge volume exploring what security is and what it means in today's world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bourbeau, Philippe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A multidisciplinary dialogue on security Philippe Bourbeau; 2. Philosophy: the concepts of security, fear, liberty, and the state Jonathan Herington; 3. Anthropology/ies: moving beyond disciplinary approaches to security Daniel M. Goldstein; 4. Geography: securing places and spaces of securitization Philippe Le Billon; 5. Sociology: security and insecurities Lisa Stampnitzky and Greggor Mattson; 6. International relations: celebrating eclectic dynamism in security studies Philippe Bourbeau, Thierry Balzacq and Myriam Dunn Cavelty; 7. Psychology: the phenomenology of human security Thomas C. O'Brien and Linda R. Tropp; 8. International political economy: conceptual affinities and substantive differences with security studies Ronen Palan and Hannah Petersen; 9. Criminology: reimagining security Jan Froestad, Clifford Shearing and Melani Van der Merwe; 10. International law: between legalism and securitization Wouter Werner.

Über Autor(innen)

Bourbeau, Philippe
Philippe Bourbeau is Temporary University Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.