ASPT-5464: Critical Security Studies

Description: Provides an overview of the critical study of security in world politics. Introduces alternative conceptualizations of security to the military-focused, state-centric security/strategic studies. Considers constructivist, post-structuralist and critical theoretic attempts to conceptualize the nature of security. Compares and contrasts these approaches with widely-accepted understandings of security in light of key debates in contemporary security studies.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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Crosslist: PSCI-5464

Repeatability: N/A