1st Edition

Corporate Risk and National Security Redefined

By Karen Lund Petersen Copyright 2012
176 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Contemporary security policy is no longer a matter of protecting borders or fighting an identified foreign enemy. With counterterrorism high on the security agenda, private citizens and companies have all come to be seen as central to the aim of providing security. Situated within the debate on terrorism risk and security, Corporate Risk and National Security Redefined offers a detailed... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Risk Studies: Defining a Place for Politics?  3. Studying Concepts of Risk and Security  4. Counterterrorism in Denmark: A Welfare State Approach to Private Security?  5. Counterterrorism in the United States: A Liberal Approach to Counterterrorism?  6. Conclusions: Political and Private Responsibility and Authority Redefined

Biography

Karen Lund Petersen is Researcher and Deputy Director at the Centre for Advanced Security Theory, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.