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Disrupting 21st-Century In/Security
Comparative American Studies An International Journal Pub Date : 2016-10-01 , DOI: 10.1080/14775700.2016.1267902
Benita Heiskanen 1 , Samira Saramo 1
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Abstract This thematic issue probes into twenty-first-century security concerns in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and their transnational implications. In particular, it explores three tensions that characterise contemporary security concerns: national security vs. human security, policy measures vs. grassroots activism and scholarly discourses vs. artistic interventions. The 'War on Terror' launched by President George W. Bush marked the beginning of the century with issues of violence and insecurity, with major human rights ramifications. Grassroots activists, however, have resisted the imposition of security policy and stood up to the insecurities they face. This thematic journal issue discusses questions of in/security around a robust people-centred framework that delineates questions of insecurity as a complex nexus that intertwines policy-making, everyday experiences, cultural representations and formal and informal communication networks. This focus presents an alternative to more conventional approaches that examine issues of societal in/security solely from the viewpoint of nation states and law enforcement. The collection’s case studies address the ways in which ordinary people in a transnational North American context experience questions of insecurity. The articles highlight the central position of gender, race, class and sexuality in both strengthening and challenging danger, uncertainty and liminality.

中文翻译:

破坏21世纪的安全

摘要该专题探讨了美国,加拿大和墨西哥的二十一世纪安全问题及其跨国含义。特别是,它探讨了表征当前安全问题的三种紧张关系:国家安全与人类安全,政策措施与基层激进主义,学术言论与艺术干预。乔治·W·布什总统发起的“反恐战争”标志着本世纪初的暴力和不安全问题,带来了重大的人权后果。但是,基层激进主义者抵制实施安全政策,坚决抵制他们所面临的不安全感。本期主题杂志围绕一个以人为中心的稳健框架讨论安全/安全问题,该框架将不安全问题描述为一个复杂的联系,将决策,日常经验,文化代表以及正式和非正式的沟通网络交织在一起。该重点提出了一种更常规的方法的替代方法,该方法仅从民族国家和执法的角度来研究社会安全问题。该系列的案例研究探讨了在北美跨国环境中普通人遇到不安全问题的方式。这些文章强调了性别,种族,阶级和性行为在加强和挑战危险,不确定性和限制性方面的核心地位。文化代表以及正式和非正式的交流网络。该重点提出了一种更常规的方法的替代方法,该方法仅从民族国家和执法的角度来研究社会安全问题。该系列的案例研究探讨了在北美跨国环境中普通百姓体验不安全问题的方式。这些文章强调了性别,种族,阶级和性行为在加强和挑战危险,不确定性和限制性方面的核心地位。文化代表以及正式和非正式的交流网络。该重点提出了一种更常规的方法的替代方法,该方法仅从民族国家和执法的角度来研究社会安全问题。该系列的案例研究探讨了在北美跨国环境中普通人遇到不安全问题的方式。这些文章强调了性别,种族,阶级和性行为在加强和挑战危险,不确定性和限制性方面的核心地位。该系列的案例研究探讨了在北美跨国环境中普通人遇到不安全问题的方式。这些文章强调了性别,种族,阶级和性行为在加强和挑战危险,不确定性和限制性方面的核心地位。该系列的案例研究探讨了在北美跨国环境中普通人遇到不安全问题的方式。这些文章强调了性别,种族,阶级和性行为在加强和挑战危险,不确定性和限制性方面的核心地位。
更新日期:2016-10-01
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