Although prominent--some would argue pre-eminent--within the modern political lexicon, the concept of 'security' is complex and contested. While the meaning and reference point of security was once largely taken for granted within International Relations, the past thirty years or so have witnessed the growth of a range of approaches that refuse to take this concept and its application as self-evident. Instead, serious scholarship, often grouped under the rubric of 'Critical Security Studies', has sought to question and critique dominant conceptions of security, to introduce new theoretical...
Although prominent--some would argue pre-eminent--within the modern political lexicon, the concept of 'security' is complex and contested. While th...
