Year: 2022
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Security is a variable category. What makes people and states safe or feel safe depends upon two basic phenomena. The most obvious source of challenge to our security is a factor that threatens the values of the people and the values of the state. The first and most objective of these are physical threats, such as military threats. The second phenomenon is related to the interpretation of the impact of the environment on the security meaning, or how the environment influences perceptions and interpretations of security and insecurity as well. The focus of the paper analysis is on exploring different security interpretations, specifically through the prism of the four generations of security studies. Actually, such four generations of security studies provide the necessary theoretical framework for comprehensive analysis in this regard. Hence, the paper is analyzing the evolutionary nature of security understanding in a variety of historical and environmental aspects. Keywords: security, insecurity, security studies, securitization, Copenhagen School of security studies
Author: Aleksandar Pavleski
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4384347759