1st Edition

Security, Emancipation and the Politics of Health A New Theoretical Perspective

By Joao Nunes Copyright 2014
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This book develops a new theoretical framework for the study of security issues and applies this to the case of health. Building on the work of the ‘Welsh School’ of Security Studies, and drawing on contributions from the wider critical security literature, the book provides an emancipatory perspective on the health-security nexus – one which simultaneously teases out its underlying political... Read more

Introduction: Health, Security and Politics  Part I: A New Theoretical Perspective  1. The Reality of Security  2. The Subject of Security  3. The Power of Security  Part II: Security, Emancipation and the Politics of Health  4. The Making of Health  5. Health and the Making of Politics  6. Health and Emancipation  Conclusion: Unmaking and Remaking Health

Biography

Joao Nunes is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, and has a PhD in International Politics from Aberystwyth University, Wales.