Critical security studies : concepts and cases / Keith Krause and Michael C. Williams, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krause, Keith.

Williams, Michael C. (Michael Charles), 1960-

Series:

Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; v. 8.

Borderlines ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brings together a diverse new group of analysts seeking to explore issues of international relations and contribute to the development of a self-consciously critical perspective within security studies.

Contents:

Contents; Preface: Toward Critical Security Studies; Acknowledgments; PART I: Conceptual Debates and Approaches; 1. Contesting an Essential Concept: Reading the Dilemmas in Contemporary Security Discourse; 2. From Strategy to Security: Foundations of Critical Security Studies; 3. The Subject of Security; 4. Security and Self: Reflections of a Fallen Realist; 5. Defining Security: A Subaltern Realist Perspective; PART II: The Discourses of Security; 6. Discourses of War: Security and the Case of Yugoslavia; 7. Reimagining Security: The Metaphors of Proliferation; 8. Changing Worlds of Security

PART III: World Order and Regional Imperatives9. Between a New World Order and None: Explaining the Reemergence of the United Nations in World Politics; 10. The Periphery as the Core: The Third World and Security Studies; 11. Critical Security Studies and Regional Insecurity: The Case of Southern Africa; 12. Conclusion: Every Month Is ""Security Awareness Month""; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816687657

081668765X

OCLC:

476106359