The New Security: Individual, Community and Cultural Experiences

ISBN-13: 9781137591012 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 267 str.

Helen Forbes-Mewett

Opis

Based on empirical studies of security in relation to housing, employment, food, personal security and campus settings in times of perceived heightened risk, this book presents new and different ways of thinking about security to demonstrate how we need to expand the dialogue surrounding the concept.

Recenzje

"There is value here for those responsible for establishing and managing security programs in these environments. The book provides plenty of food for thought in both the big and small pictures. ... This book provides valuable insight for those wishing to tap into it." (Glen Kitteringham, Security Management, December 1, 2019)

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Security Redefined

Chapter 3. Campus Security

Chapter 4. Campus Security

Chapter 5. Employment Security.

Chapter 6. International Student Housing Security.

Chapter 7. Food Security

Chapter 8. International Students and Food Security

Chapter 9. Personal Security

Chapter 10. Conclusion

O autorze

Helen Forbes-Mewett is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia.

Blurb

The New Security places the concept of ‘security’ under the spotlight to analyse its meaning in an original and contemporary context. In so doing, Forbes-Mewett revisits the notion from the perspectives of individuals and communities to understand what security means in our culturally diverse, contemporary society. Chapters highlight the extent of the shift of traditional uses of the term from the established perspective of international relations to a more commonly used concept which now broadly relates to many aspects of peoples’ everyday experiences.   

Based on empirical studies of security in relation to housing, employment, food, personal security and campus settings in times of perceived heightened risk, this book presents new and different ways of thinking about security to demonstrate how we need to expand the dialogue surrounding the concept. Drawing on empirical research to describe, analyse and reposition the concept of security to have meaning in diverse everyday contexts, this methodological and insightful text will be of particular interest to scholars and students of criminological theory, security studies and sociology.