Module Identifier | IPM0760 | ||
Module Title | CRITICAL SECURITY STUDIES | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Richard Wyn Jones | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | 1 x two hour seminar per week over two semesters | |
Assessment | Course work | Report 1 x 2,500 word | 15% |
Course work | Journalistic piece 1,000 words | 10% | |
Course work | Book Review 2,000 words | 10% | |
Essay | 1 x 2,500 word | 15% | |
Exam | 3 Hours | 50% |
This module explores the `critical' turn in thinking about security. In particular, it addresses the broader security agenda of contemporary world politics; the philosophical assumptions of different world views about security, community and emancipation; and the implication of traditional versus alternative practices of security in different regions, institutions and issue-areas.