| Module Identifier | IPM0740 | ||
| Module Title | CRITICAL SECURITY STUDIES | ||
| Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
| Co-ordinator | Professor Ken Booth | ||
| Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
| Other staff | Dr Mike Williams, Dr Richard Jones | ||
| Course delivery | Seminar | 1 x two hour seminar per week over two semesters | |
| Assessment | Exam | 3 Hours | 50% |
| Essay | 1 x 2,000 word | 25% | |
| Report | 1 x 2,000 word | 25% | |
Aims and objectives
This module is the core module for students on the MScEcon Degree or Diploma (RT pathway) in Security Studies.
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.