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1. US Domestic and International Regimes of Security

   Pacifying the Globe, Securing the Homeland

   By Markus Kienscherf

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book maps the increasing convergence of US domestic and international security regimes, analyzing the trend towards global pacification in the name of 'security'. The dream of liberal world peace after the Cold War is on the verge of collapsing into permanent global pacification – not only in...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Reimagining War in the 21st Century

   From Clausewitz to Network-Centric Warfare

   By Manabrata Guha

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book interrogates the philosophical backdrop of Clausewitzian notions of war, and asks whether modern, network-centric militaries can still be said to serve the 'political'. In light of the emerging theories and doctrines of Network-Centric War (NCW), this book traces the philosophical...

   Published June 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Gender, Human Security and the United Nations

   Security Language as a Political Framework for Women

   By Natalie Florea Hudson

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book examines the relationship between women, gender and the international security agenda, exploring the meaning of security in terms of discourse and practice, as well as the larger goals and strategies of the global women's movement. Today, many complex global problems are being located...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
4. Securing Outer Space

   International Relations Theory and the Politics of Space

   Edited by Natalie Bormann, Michael Sheehan

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   The challenges that space poses for political theory are profound. Yet until now, the exploration and utilization of space has generally reflected – but not challenged – the political patterns and impulses which characterized twentieth-century politics and International Relations. This edited...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. Human Security as Statecraft

   Structural Conditions, Articulations and Unintended Consequences

   By Nik Hynek

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book critically investigates the discourses and practices of human security and aims to delve below the stereotypical imageries representing them. Drawing on Foucault and Deleuze, the author approaches human security from a new perspective, with the aim of ascertaining what has...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
6. The New Spatiality of Security

   Operational Uncertainty and the US Military in Iraq

   By Caroline M. Croser

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book provides a rigorous critical analysis of how the US military operates in Iraq, exploring the spatial practices of violence. Contemporary critical analyses of the United States’ involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan emphasise the hegemonic nature of the US military experience, while...

   Published September 1st 2010 by Routledge
7. Gender and International Security

   Feminist Perspectives

   Edited by Laura Sjoberg

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book defines the relationship between gender and international security, analyzing and critiquing international security theory and practice from a gendered perspective. Gender issues have an important place in the international security landscape, but have been neglected both in the theory...

   Published October 7th 2009 by Routledge
8. The Struggle for the West

   A Divided and Contested Legacy

   Edited by Christopher Browning, Marko Lehti

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   In recent years debates about the nature and future of the West have been high on the political agenda. Prognoses of the West’s imminent demise have been countered by those arguing for its continued relevance, or those arguing that while the West will survive its nature, and the balance of power...

   Published September 23rd 2009 by Routledge
9. Critique, Security and Power

   The Political Limits to Emancipatory Approaches

   By Tara McCormack

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book aims to engage with contemporary security discourses from a critical perspective. It argues that rather than being a radical, analytical outlook, much critical security theory fails to fulfil its promise to pose a challenge to contemporary power relations. In general, 'critical security'...

   Published August 27th 2009 by Routledge