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

Author
McSweeney, Bill
Published
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 239 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
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.
Summary
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 of meaning.
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ISBN
0511007116 (electronic bk.)
9780511007118 (electronic bk.)
0511048815 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780511048814 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780521661775
0521661773
9780521666305
0521666309
9780511491559 (electronic bk.)
0511491557 (electronic bk.)
9780511309847
0511309848
1280420855
9781280420856
0511171994
9780511171994
051114976X
9780511149764
1107118271
9781107118270
0521661773 (hb)
0521666309 (pbk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-237) and index.
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