Politics matters, to all of us. This new book shows why. Avoiding jargon, it reveals that politics is both broad in scope and critical to our lives. Places and events that are not normally thought of
This new book shows how from the end of the Cold War, the security agenda has been transformed and redefined, academically and politically. It focuses on the theme of protection. It moves away from th
Huysmans (politics and international studies, the Open U., UK) argues that situating the question of migration within the framework of security studies implies a particular way of arranging social and
This book introduces students to the central concepts in security studies and one of the most important issues in international relations. Jef Huysmans:explains recent conceptual and theoretical devel
Security concerns have mushroomed. Increasingly numerous areas of life are governed by security policies and technologies. Security Unbound argues that when insecurities pervade how we relate to our n
In the context of the ‘global war on terror,’ the issue of security has come to affect more and more intimate elements of people’s everyday lives. This is the starting point of this
This book engages the intense relationship between citizenship and security in modern politics. It focuses on questions of citizenship in security analysis in order to critically evaluate how politica
This book engages the intense relationship between citizenship and security in modern politics. It focuses on questions of citizenship in security analysis in order to critically evaluate how politica
This book develops a new approach to research methods and methodology in critical security studies (CSS). The volume proposes moving away from understanding methods as a matter of tools that help brid
Critical Security Methods offers a new approach to research methods in critical security studies. It argues that methods are not simply tools to bridge the gap between security theory and security pra
