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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Main Author: Maria Laura Lanzillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2015-03-01
Series:Governare la paura
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Online Access:https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/4782
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spelling doaj-8974021730c04b3d94622988b822ca782020-11-25T03:10:03ZengUniversity of BolognaGovernare la paura1974-49352015-03-018110.6092/issn.1974-4935/47824382Social Risks and Demands for SecurityMaria Laura Lanzillo0University of BolognaIn 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.https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/4782risksecuritygovernancedemocracy
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description 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.
topic risk
security
governance
democracy
url https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/4782
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