Security: A New Framework for Analysis
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Security: A New Framework for Analysis is a book by Barry Buzan
, Ole Waever and Jaap de Wilde
. It is considered to be the leading text outlining the views of the Copenhagen School of security studies. The work is based around two important conceptual developments: Buzan's notion of sectoral analysis and Ole Waever's concept of 'securitization'. The book argues for an intersubjective understanding of security and that our understanding of security should be widened to include issues such as environmental security and threats to identity (societal security).
Barry Buzan
Barry Gordon Buzan is Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and honorary professor at the University of Copenhagen and Jilin University...
, Ole Waever and Jaap de Wilde
Jaap De Wilde
Jaap H. de Wilde is a Professor of International Relations and World Politics at the University of Groningen. From 2001 to 2007 he was professor in European Security Studies at the Department of Political Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and from 1995-2007 he was senior research fellow in...
. It is considered to be the leading text outlining the views of the Copenhagen School of security studies. The work is based around two important conceptual developments: Buzan's notion of sectoral analysis and Ole Waever's concept of 'securitization'. The book argues for an intersubjective understanding of security and that our understanding of security should be widened to include issues such as environmental security and threats to identity (societal security).
Further reading
- Hansen, Lene (2000) 'The Little Mermaid's Silent Security Dilemma and the Absence of Gender in the Copenhagen School', Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 29: 285-306