LG532: Back to the Future: From Human Security to Homeland Security Ken McDonagh School of Law & Government

Overview A brief review:  Realism and War  Terror and New Wars  Critical Security Studies  Risk, Gender, People So what is security? Directions of future research

Realism, War and Terror Traditional Security Studies States, self-help, survival Focus on war, the international system and military power What is security?  Order, stability, status quo

Terrorism and New War ‘New’ War  The end to victory  War as killing civilians  War as spectacle  Are ‘New’ wars really new? Terrorism  Is terrorism a systemic threat?  Old v New  War on Terror: Effects?

Critical Security studies  Question the referent object of security  Question the practice of security  Question the practice of security studies New Epistemology The importance of language The importance of identity And the socially constructed nature of both…

Risk, Gender, People Risk approaches  Mundane practices of security governance Gender/Feminism  Differential effects of security on Women  War, poverty, symbolism People  Human Security  Freedom from fear/freedom from want

So what is security? Where does ‘security studies’ go from here?