Karin Fierke: Critical Approaches to International Security | Exploring Geopolitics
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The main argument of Critical Approaches to International Security is that security is always political. This is explored through an analysis of the emergence of Critical Security Studies since the end of the Cold War as well as the ‘expansionist’ debate and arguments that ‘security’ is an essentially contested concept.
The book is structured around a range of concepts, including change, identity, danger, fear and trauma, human insecurity and emancipation, all of which are explored in relation to concrete security issues in a global context.