Translations of Security

A Framework for the Study of Unwanted Futures

Trine Villumsen Berling (DIIS, Denmark), Ulrik Pram Gad (DIIS, Denmark), Karen Lund Petersen (DIIS, Denmark) , Ole Wæver (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

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English

Routledge
31 May 2023

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Society & culture: general; Anthropology; Politics & government; Warfare & defence

Series: Routledge New Security Studies

This book scrutinizes how contemporary practices of security have come to rely on many different translations of security, risk, and danger.

Institutions of national security policies are currently undergoing radical conceptual and organisational changes, and this book presents a novel approach for how to study and politically address the new situation. Complex and uncertain threat environments, such as terrorism, climate change, and the global financial crisis, have paved the way for new forms of security governance that have profoundly transformed the ways in which threats are handled today. Crucially, there is a decentralisation of the management of security, which is increasingly handled by a broad set of societal actors that previously were not considered powerful in the conduct of security affairs. This transformation of security knowledge and management changes the meaning of traditional concepts and practices, and calls for investigation into the many meanings of security implied when contemporary societies manage radical dangers, risks, and threats. It is necessary to study both what these meanings are and how they developed from the security practices of the past. Addressing this knowledge gap, the book asks how different ideas about threats, risk, and dangers meet in the current practices of security, broadly understood, and with what political consequences.

This book will be of interest to students of critical security studies, anthropology, risk studies, science and technology studies and International Relations.

The Open Access version of this book, available at: https://www.routledge.com/Translations-of-Security-A-Framework-for-the-Study-of-Unwanted-Futures/Berling-Gad-Petersen-Waever/p/book/9781032007090 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

By: Trine Villumsen Berling (DIIS Denmark), Ulrik Pram Gad (DIIS, Denmark), Karen Lund Petersen (DIIS, Denmark), Ole Wæver (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032007151
ISBN 10: 103200715X
Series: Routledge New Security Studies
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Trine Villumsen Berling is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Ulrik Pram Gad is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Karen Lund Petersen is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and Professor II at Stavanger University, Norway. Ole Wæver is a Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and is the founder of CAST (Centre for Advanced Security Theory) and CRIC (Research Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts).