Browse Hierarchy INRL5003: Contemporary Security Studies

The topic of 'security' - what it is, how to achieve it, who should provide it, and even who and/or what should 'be secured' - is hotly contested by policy makers, the academic community, and members of civil society. This module examines some of the different ways that security and its objects of protection (whether these are the nation-state, the environment, the economy, a 'way of life', and/or the individual) have been conceptualized and the implications for peace and global conflict as well as for everyday forms of violence and exclusion.