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

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McSweeney, Bill

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in international relations ; 69.Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511007116
9780511007118
0511048815
9780511048814
9780521661775
0521661773
9780521666305
0521666309
9780511491559
0511491557
9780511309847
0511309848
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9781280420856
0511171994
9780511171994
051114976X
9780511149764
1107118271
9781107118270

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Security, identity, and interests.DDC classification:

327.1/01 21

LOC classification:

JZ1251 .M37 1999eb

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89.70

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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-237) and index.

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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.

English.

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