Security, Securitization and the Iperative for a New Security Studies
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN HUMANITIES - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
This paper reviews the concepts of security and securitization in an attempt to underscore the bourgeoning complexion of the security problematique in the contemporary world. By means of a discursive exegesis of extant literature, the paper posits that the transformation of the security discourse and practice from the orthodox traditional tradition to the critical modern tradition has compelled a new understanding of security; necessitating, thereby, a new Security Studies.
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Okoli Al Chukwuma
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