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Security, identity, and interests : a sociology of international relations /

In this book, Bill McSweeney discusses the inadequacy of the scientific approach to security and criticizes the most recent attempts to surmount it. Drawing on contemporary trends in sociology, he develops a theory of the international order within which the idea of security takes on a broader range...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McSweeney, Bill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Colección:Cambridge studies in international relations ; 69.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The meaning of security
  • pt. 1. Objectivist approaches to international security. Early stages of development. Broadening the concept of security. Identity versus the state
  • pt. II. Theorizing security: the turn to sociology. A conceptual discussion. The social constructionist approach. The limits of identity theory. Agency and structure in social theory. Seeing a different world: a reflexive sociology of security
  • pt. III. Practising security. Doing security by stealth. Conclusion: Security and moral choice.