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Critical Approaches to International Security
Karin M. Fierke
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Description for Critical Approaches to International Security
Hardcover. During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastÐWest hostilities, however, brought ‘critical’ perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the emergence of new challenges to international stability, such as environmental degradation, immigration and terrorism.
The second edition of this popular and highly respected text offers a wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis of the growing field of critical security studies. All the chapters have been fully revised and updated to map the on-going evolution of debates about ... Read more
During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastÐWest hostilities, however, brought ‘critical’ perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the emergence of new challenges to international stability, such as environmental degradation, immigration and terrorism.
The second edition of this popular and highly respected text offers a wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis of the growing field of critical security studies. All the chapters have been fully revised and updated to map the on-going evolution of debates about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745670539
SKU
V9780745670539
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About Karin M. Fierke
K.M. Fierke is Professor of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, and has taught or held research fellowships at the universities of Minnesota, Amsterdam, Oxford and Queen's Belfast. She is the author of Changing Games, Changing Strategies (1998), Diplomatic Interventions: Conflict and Change in a Globalizing World (2005), Political Self Sacrifice: Agency, Body and Emotion in International Relations ... Read more
Reviews for Critical Approaches to International Security
In this second edition of Critical Approaches to International Security Karin Fierke retains the thematic strengths of the first edition while mapping changes in the contours of the field of critical security studies since 2007. With her focus on security as both constructed and necessarily political, Karin Fierke remains one of the most important voices on critical theoretical engagement with ... Read more