The Geopolitics of American Insecurity: Terror, Power and Foreign Policy (PRIO New Security Studies)

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Synopsis
This edited volume examines the political, social, and cultural insecurities that the United States is faced with in the aftermath of its post-9/11 foreign policy and military ventures. The contributors critically detail the new strategies and ideologies of control, governance, and hegemony America has devised as a response to these new security threats. The essays explore three primary areas. First, they interrogate the responses to 9/11 that resulted in an attempt at geopolitical mastery by the United States. Second, they examine how the US response to 9/11 led to attempts to secure and control populations inside and outside the United States, resulting in situations that quickly started to escape its control, such as Abu Ghraib and Katrina. Lastly, the chapters investigate links between contemporary regimes of state control and recently recognized threats, arguing that the conduct of everyday life is increasingly conditioned by state-mobilized discourses of security. These discourses are, it is argued, ushering in a geopolitical future characterized by new insecurities and inevitable measures of biopolitical control and governance.
Copyright:
2009

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
222 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781134045396
Related ISBNs:
9780203884218, 9780415577540, 9780415460422
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
François Debrix and Mark J. Lacy for selection and editorial matter
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Francois Debrix
Edited by:
Mark Lacy

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