Social Risks and Demands for Security
In the latest decades, many studies have focused on the concepts of fear, risk, security as relevant elements for describing our contemporary world. The Author rethink the processes trough which particular features of social reality become security issues. Security is no longer viewed as referring n...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Governare la paura |
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| Online Access: | https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/4782 |
| Summary: | In the latest decades, many studies have focused on the concepts of fear, risk, security as relevant elements for describing our contemporary world. The Author rethink the processes trough which particular features of social reality become security issues. Security is no longer viewed as referring naturally or unproblematically to the military security of the state. Rather, the goal becomes to understand how different and seemingly disconnected objects can become subject to the processes of “securization” which involves our democracies and the managements of different risks which treath our societies. |
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| ISSN: | 1974-4935 |