Contesting Security

<p><em>Contesting Security</em> investigates to what extent the ‘logic of security’ which underpins securitization can be contained rolled back or dismantled. </p><p>Featuring 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. </p><p>The 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.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies securitisation theory social theory and IR in general.</p>