Open AccessSecurity, Securitization and the Iperative for a New Security Studies
Author(s) -
Okoli Al Chukwuma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of advances in humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2349-4379
DOI - 10.24297/jah.v4i2.5063
Subject(s) - securitization , extant taxon , critical security studies , security studies , exegesis , corporate security , political science , sociology , security service , information security , business , computer security , law , literature , network security policy , computer science , art , stakeholder , evolutionary biology , biology , financial system
This paper reviews the concepts of security and securitization in an attempt to underscore the bourgeoning complexion of the security problematique in the contemporary world. By means of a discursive exegesis of extant literature, the paper posits that the transformation of the security discourse and practice from the orthodox traditional tradition to the critical modern tradition has compelled a new understanding of security; necessitating, thereby, a new Security Studies.