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Critical Security Studies

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Introduction

Security is a central concept and a necessary component for the continued existence of humankind. Security is at the fulcrum of the creation of numerous regional and international institutions, such as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the European Union (EU). Security has always been given prominence in the academic disciplines of International Relations and Politics; however, starting with the seminal work of Buzan (1983), the concept of security began attracting a multiplicity of authors and researchers from disparate fields and different parts of the global community in the search of different, enhanced, and/or contemporary models of security away from traditional concepts of security that existed before the end of the pre-Cold War period.

Robinson (2010) points out that the work of Buzan (1998) led to a diversification and a broadening of the concept and foci of security to include political,...

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  1. Department of Behavioural Sciences, Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

    Wendell C. Wallace

  2. International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, Newport, UK

    Scott N. Romaniuk

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  2. Nemzetkozi Tanulmanyok Intezet, Rm 503, Corvinus Univ, Inst of Intl Studies, Budapest, Hungary

    Péter Marton

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Wallace, W.C., Romaniuk, S.N. (2021). Critical Security Studies. In: Romaniuk, S., Marton, P. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_24-1

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