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Abstract
This volume brings together scholars from different fields to explore the power, consequences and everyday practices of security expertise.
Expertise mediates between different forms of knowledge: scientific and technological, legal, economic and political knowledge. This book offers the first systematic study of security expertise and opens up a productive dialogue between science and technology studies and security studies to investigate the character and consequences of this expertise. In security theory, the study of expertise is crucial to understanding whose knowledge informs security making and to reflect on the impact and responsibility of security analysis. In science and technology studies, the study of security politics adds a challenging new case to the agenda of research on expertise and policy. The contributors investigate cases such as academic security studies, security think tanks, the collaboration between science, anthropology and the military, transnational terrorism, and the ethical consequences of security expertise. Together they challenge our understanding of how expertise works and what consequences it has for security politics and international relations.
This book will be of particular interest to students of critical security studies, sociology, science and technology studies, and IR/security studies in general.
Expertise mediates between different forms of knowledge: scientific and technological, legal, economic and political knowledge. This book offers the first systematic study of security expertise and opens up a productive dialogue between science and technology studies and security studies to investigate the character and consequences of this expertise. In security theory, the study of expertise is crucial to understanding whose knowledge informs security making and to reflect on the impact and responsibility of security analysis. In science and technology studies, the study of security politics adds a challenging new case to the agenda of research on expertise and policy. The contributors investigate cases such as academic security studies, security think tanks, the collaboration between science, anthropology and the military, transnational terrorism, and the ethical consequences of security expertise. Together they challenge our understanding of how expertise works and what consequences it has for security politics and international relations.
This book will be of particular interest to students of critical security studies, sociology, science and technology studies, and IR/security studies in general.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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| Number of pages | 250 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138819115 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781317593195 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Apr 2015 |
| Series | PRIO New Security Studies |
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Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
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CAST Inspirational Workshop: The Duality of Technology
Trine Villumsen Berling (Organizer)
31 Oct 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Capturing Security Expertise Concepts, Typologies, Practices, Power 1 st Copenhagen International Forum on Security Expertise
Trine Villumsen Berling (Organizer)
16 Jun 2011 → 17 Jun 2011Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference