The globalization of security : state power, security provision and legitimacy / Bryan Mabee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mabee, Bryan.

Series:

New security challenges series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

viii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2009]

Summary:

The Globalization of Security is an important rethinking of the connections between globalization and security, focusing on a conceptual examination of the role of the state combined with key case studies. The book provides an analysis of the changing nature of security issues through three interlinking ways of conceptualizing the globalization of security: the expansion of the scope of threat, thinking about security in 'global' terms, and the development of transnational networks of power. Three cases are examined to provide potential examples of the globalization of security: nuclear weapons and the globalization of threat, the globalization of the arms industry, and the global security aspects of migration and citizenship. The book provides a novel historical sociological approach to the globalization of security, advancing both the understanding of security and the theory of state power in international relations.

Contents:

Introduction: The Globalization of Security? 1

The globalization of security: The Problem 3

Rethinking the state 6

Plan of the book 7

1 The 'Security State' and the Evolution of Security Provision 13

Security, the state and change 14

Security and the neo-Weberian state 17

The evolution of Security provision 22

The security state 26

International dimensions of the security state 32

Conclusion 38

2 Globalization and Security 40

Globalization and international relations 41

The globalization of security 49

The globalization of security and the transformation of the state 58

Conclusion 62

3 Nuclear Weapons and the Globalization of Threat 65

The nuclear revolution: Global threats and the problem of defence 67

The discourse of nuclear interdependence: A global community of fate 71

International restraint, nuclear interdependence and extended deterrence: Problems in security provision 75

Nuclear weapons and state legitimation 80

Conclusion 85

4 The Security State and the Globalization of the Arms Industry 88

The transnationalization of the arms industry 90

Globalism and the arms industry 98

Globalization and the transatlantic security community 101

Arms industry globalization, security and state legitimacy 106

Conclusion 110

5 Global Migration, Security and Citizenship 113

Transnational migration networks and security 116

Migrants and the changing nature of citizenship 124

State strategies in a global context 130

Conclusion: Migration, security and legitimacy 138

6 Conclusion: The Globalization of Security and the Future of the Security State 141

Security and the Security State 142

Globalization and the security state 146

The future of state legitimacy 149

Conclusion 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230224001

0230224008

OCLC:

319209544