Critique, Security and Power The Political Limits to Emancipatory Approaches

This text argues that rather than being a radical, critical perspective, much contemporary critical security theory and discourse in fact mirrors shifts in post-Cold War international and national security policy.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Tara McCormack is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Leicester and has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Westminster.

Zusammenfassung

This book aims to engage with contemporary security discourses from a critical perspective. It argues that rather than being a radical, analytical outlook, much critical security theory fails to fulfil its promise to pose a challenge to contemporary power relations.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tara McCormack, McCormack Tara, Tara (University of Leicester Mccormack
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2013
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika
• EAN: 9780415852982
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85298-2
• Anzahl Seiten: 166
• Serie: Routledge Critical Security Studies; Routledge Critical Security Studies
• Themen: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, Warfare & defence, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict, emancipatory security theory critique