The Contested Concept of Security. Smith, S. In Critical security studies and world politics, of Critical security studies. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colo. :, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-308) and index. 1. Critical explorations / Ken Booth – Pt. 1. Security – Introduction to Part 1 / Ken Booth – 2. The contested concept of security / Steve Smith – 3. Military force(s) and in/security / Graeme Cheeseman – 4. Militarized masculinities and the politics of peacekeeping / Sandra Whitworth – Pt. 2. Community – Introduction to Part 2 / Ken Booth – 5. Political community and human society / Andrew Linklater – 6. The missing link : security, critical international political economy, and community / Roger Tooze – 7. Questions of identity : Australia and Asia / Jan Jindy Pettman – Pt. 3. Emancipation – Introduction to Part 3 / Ken Booth – 8. Emancipation in the critical security studies project / Hayward Alker – 9. On emancipation : necessity, capacity, and concrete utopias / Richard Wyn Jones – 10. Communal conflict and emancipation : the case of Northern Ireland / Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd – Pt. 4. Conclusion – 11. Beyond critical security studies / Ken Booth![The Contested Concept of Security [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex Smith focuses on the concept of security and how it means different things to different people. He first discusses the traditional meaning of security, visavis rational choice theory and neoclassical realism. After this basis he goes on to frame security through different schools of thought: the Copenhagen School; constructivism; critical security studies; feminist security studies; poststructuralist security studies; and then finally, human security. As a contested concept, Smith acknowledges the complexities surrounding the debate and believes that such a discussion is inherently important if "such a reconstruction is to take place. For far too long security was not considered to be a contestable concept; for even longer it was never contested. Now the situation is one where not only the concept of security can and must be contested–but so can the intimately related concepts of community and emancipation."
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abstract = {Smith focuses on the concept of security and how it means different things to different people. He first discusses the traditional meaning of security, visavis rational choice theory and neoclassical realism. After this basis he goes on to frame security through different schools of thought: the Copenhagen School; constructivism; critical security studies; feminist security studies; poststructuralist security studies; and then finally, human security. As a contested concept, Smith acknowledges the complexities surrounding the debate and believes that such a discussion is inherently important if "such a reconstruction is to take place. For far too long security was not considered to be a contestable concept; for even longer it was never contested. Now the situation is one where not only the concept of security can and must be contested--but so can the intimately related concepts of community and emancipation."},
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note = {Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-308) and index.
1. Critical explorations / Ken Booth -- Pt. 1. Security -- Introduction to Part 1 / Ken Booth -- 2. The contested concept of security / Steve Smith -- 3. Military force(s) and in/security / Graeme Cheeseman -- 4. Militarized masculinities and the politics of peacekeeping / Sandra Whitworth -- Pt. 2. Community -- Introduction to Part 2 / Ken Booth -- 5. Political community and human society / Andrew Linklater -- 6. The missing link : security, critical international political economy, and community / Roger Tooze -- 7. Questions of identity : Australia and Asia / Jan Jindy Pettman -- Pt. 3. Emancipation -- Introduction to Part 3 / Ken Booth -- 8. Emancipation in the critical security studies project / Hayward Alker -- 9. On emancipation : necessity, capacity, and concrete utopias / Richard Wyn Jones -- 10. Communal conflict and emancipation : the case of Northern Ireland / Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd -- Pt. 4. Conclusion -- 11. Beyond critical security studies / Ken Booth},
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