{"product_id":"contesting-security-thierry-balzacq-9780415643863","title":"Contesting Security: Strategies and Logics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContesting Security\u003c\/em\u003e investigates to what extent the 'logic of security', which underpins securitization, can be contained, rolled back or dismantled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing legitimacy as a cement of security practices, this volume presents a detailed account of the \"logic\" which sustains security in order to develop a novel approach to the relation between security and the policies in which it is engraved. Understanding security as a normative practice, the contributors suggest a nuanced, and richer take on the conditions under which it is possible, advisable or fair to accept or roll back its policies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book comprises four sections, each investigating one specific modality of contesting security practices: resistance, desecuritization, emancipation, and resilience. These strategies are examined, compared and assessed in different political and cultural habitats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, securitisation theory, social theory, and IR in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thierry Balzacq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415643864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415643863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Thierry Balzacq","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064941588735,"sku":"9780415643863","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d5f2e8c-f3c0-4c3c-a24f-cefff4e92563.jpg?v=1768672071","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contesting-security-thierry-balzacq-9780415643863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}