This book covers new conceptual, methodological, and empirical issues that will progress debate on Vernacular Security Studies (VSS) and the value of studying ordinary articulations of (in)security. Bringing together established and emerging scholars, it offers a timely and much needed engagement with this explicitly critical – and increasingly prominent – framework in security research. Demonstrating its value in different geographical, thematic, and historical contexts these experts consider the impact of VSS on a range of topical issues including multi-species relations, decolonial/ postcolonial approaches to security, migration, borders, and cities. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students engaging with ‘bottom-up’ approaches in critical security studies or critical International Relations.
This book covers new conceptual, methodological, and empirical issues that will progress debate on Vernacular Security Studies (VSS) and the value of studying ordinary articulations of (in)security. Bringing together established and emerging scholars, it offers a timely and much needed engagement with this explicitly critical – and increasingly prominent – framework in security research. Demonstrating its value in different geographical, thematic, and historical contexts these experts consider the impact of VSS on a range of topical issues including multi-species relations, decolonial/ postcolonial approaches to security, migration, borders, and cities. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students engaging with ‘bottom-up’ approaches in critical security studies or critical International Relations.
This book covers new conceptual, methodological, and empirical issues that will progress debate on Vernacular Security Studies (VSS) and the value of studying ordinary articulations of (in)security. Bringing together established and emerging scholars, it offers a timely and much needed engagement with this explicitly critical - and increasingly prominent - framework in security research. Demonstrating its value in different geographical, thematic, and historical contexts these experts consider the impact of VSS on a range of topical issues including multi-species relations, decolonial/ postcolonial approaches to security, migration, borders, and cities. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students engaging with 'bottom-up' approaches in critical security studies or critical International Relations.
This book covers new conceptual, methodological, and empirical issues that will progress debate on Vernacular Security Studies (VSS) and the value of studying ordinary articulations of (in)security. Bringing together established and emerging scholars, it offers a timely and much needed engagement with this explicitly critical - and increasingly prominent - framework in security research. Demonstrating its value in different geographical, thematic, and historical contexts these experts consider the impact of VSS on a range of topical issues including multi-species relations, decolonial/ postcolonial approaches to security, migration, borders, and cities. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students engaging with 'bottom-up' approaches in critical security studies or critical International Relations.
This edited collection offers new engagement with important case studies and contexts that have been neglected in the field of vernacular security research. With cutting edge scholarship from fieldwork and primary research in Georgia, Tunisia, Bangladesh, the Pacific Islands, and beyond, the book's international focus takes vernacular security research far beyond its traditional focus on migration and counterterrorism policy in the global North. Engaging with unusual and untouched sources of vernacular security knowledge such as soldiers' autobiographies, popular culture artefacts, and national security strategies, the book pushes the field into new methodological and conceptual directions. This agenda-setting collection will be essential reading to anyone interested in the everyday politics of security.
This edited collection offers new engagement with important case studies and contexts that have been neglected in the field of vernacular security research. With cutting edge scholarship from fieldwork and primary research in Georgia, Tunisia, Bangladesh, the Pacific Islands, and beyond, the book's international focus takes vernacular security research far beyond its traditional focus on migration and counterterrorism policy in the global North. Engaging with unusual and untouched sources of vernacular security knowledge such as soldiers' autobiographies, popular culture artefacts, and national security strategies, the book pushes the field into new methodological and conceptual directions. This agenda-setting collection will be essential reading to anyone interested in the everyday politics of security.