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Description
- CoS provides an advanced introduction to contemporary concepts of security, organised around three distinct logics of security (war, threat and risk). These concepts cut across different IR theories, and also shape public discourse on securty and the formulation of security policies.
- CoS seeks to explore the relationship between the practice and theory of security. This is not only to increase your awareness of the indispensable role of theory in the evaluation of security problems and strategies, but also to signal that security practitioners routinely deploy concepts of security in official documents, policy statements, and routine bureaucratic procedures. The course will highlight the conceptual, epistemological and methodological issues at stake in the analysis of security policies.
- By the end of the course you will be better equipped to understand and analyse various points of view 鈥� and especially your own point of view 鈥� regarding any security issue.
- The combination of lectures, tutorials, and online activities aims to increase your theoretical understanding and analytical skills, enabling you to formulate conceptually precise and empirically informed analyses.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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