Legitimate Security? Understanding the Contingencies of Security and Deliberation

Virta, Sirpa; Branders, Minna

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“…However, terrorism, radicalization, and violent extremism, as well as other crimes, are not risks like natural disasters, because they are results of intentional (criminal, political) human behaviour. Due to the fundamentally paradoxical and political nature of security (see Berki, 1986) and the many contingencies of security (see Virta and Branders, 2016), it is argued that security risks cannot be standardized in the context of pre-crime legislation and terrorism prevention.…”

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“…The point of departure in the analysis is the contingent nature of security (see Virta and Branders, 2016). It has been argued that governing security is governing at the limit of knowledge, due to the fundamental attributes of security: incalculability and radical contingency (Zedner, 2009, p. 85) Accordingly, decision-making about security is decision-making at the limits of knowledge.…”

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Standardization and Risk Governance

Olsen¹,

Juhl²,

Lindøe³

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This multidisciplinary book conceptualizes, maps, and analyses ongoing standardization processes of risk issues across various sectors, processes, and practices. Standards are not only technical specifications and guidelines to support efficient risk governance, but also contain social, political, economic, and organizational aspects. This book presents a variety of standardization processes and applications of standards that may influence our judgements of risk, the organizing of risk governance, and, accordingly, our behaviour. Standardization and standards can impact risk governance in different ways. The most important lessons drawn from the present volume can be summarized in three areas: (1) how standardization might impact on power relations and interests; (2) how standardization may change flexibility in decision-making, communication, and cooperation; and (3) how standardization could (re)direct attention and risk perception. The volume's aim is to present an analysis of standardization processes and how it affects our thinking about risk, how we organize risk governance, and how standardization may influence risk management. In so doing, it contributes to a more informed discourse regarding the use of standards and standardization in contemporary risk management. Standardization and Risk Governance will be of great interest to students of risk, standardization, global governance, and critical security studies.

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Standardization and Risk Governance

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Juhl²,

Lindøe³

et al. 2019

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“…Its main means are prevention, capacity-building and cooperation, and its main objective is the creation of a resilient society, resilient communities and resilient citizens." 86 In disaster research, resilience replaced the concept of sustainable development. 87 The resilience concept moved the focus to how local communities can self-organize in the face of disasters and has connected the resilience term to empowerment and social capital.…”

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Is Resilience a Good Concept in Terrorism Research? A Conceptual Adequacy Analysis of Terrorism Resilience

Jore

2020

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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Resilience has been suggested as a unifying concept in terrorism research. This article investigates the conceptual adequacy of resilience applied to terrorism. The framework for criteria for conceptual adequacy was applied on the academic literature that deals with the meaning of terrorism resilience. The conclusion of this study is that at its current state resilience serves more the role of cultural metaphor than that of a well-developed scientific concept. The almost endless definitions of resilience and lack of coherence in the descriptions of attributes is a warning signs to terrorism researchers that, if not careful with its usage, the resilience concept can end up more as a utopian goal than an actual means for countering terrorism.

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“…Mutual legitimation is produced within political relations between the subjects (Alimi et al 2015, 7;Bosi et al 2014, 2). Not only does an issue of political subject legitimation matter but also the legitimation of political violence contributes to our understanding of the paradigm (Huff andKruszewska 2016, 1774;Virta andBranders 2016, 1150).…”

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Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity

Rak¹

2018

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Why did some protest movements turn to force when others did not in times of austerity? How has it influenced political structures of the Eurozone states? In this empirically rich, methodologically advanced, and theoretically innovative book, Joanna Rak open-mindedly addresses important research problems of the sources and consequences of differences and similarities across cultures of political violence formed by the post-2008 anti-austerity movements in Europe. Not only does Rak's study contribute to our understanding of what happened in austerity-driven societies, but it also makes an important contribution to the Social Sciences by creating and applying a compelling non-traditional research design that allows a researcher to verify methodological correctness and analytical effectiveness of theoretical frameworks. Those who are interested in how to analyze contentious politics now have an excellent work to read!' Roman Bäcker, The former President of Polish Political Science Association 'Joanna Rak has written an admirably clear, rigorously designed and conducted comparative study of European anti-austerity movements. This book does more than challenge the students of contention to think critically about conceptual and explanatory frameworks of cultures of political violence. By formulating and testing new analytical tools, the study pushes us to reconsider a traditional research process and the use of theoretical categories in comparative politics and social movement studies.' Adam Wielomski, The President of Political and Legal Theory Association 'This timely and innovative research allows us to understand how broad civil historical contexts shaped placid, hector-led, and militant cultures of political violence in austerity-driven Europe. Drawing upon the pieces of data in 14 languages and a comprehensive literature review, Joanna Rak creates entirely new databases for anti-austerity movements. In skillfully combining qualitative and quantitative comparative techniques, she achieves both theory-verification and theory-generation aims. The analysis makes significant methodological and theoretical advances as Rak devises a gradable theoretical category of a culture of political violence. Her original theoretical framework introduces a refreshingly new way to bring together accomplishments in the study of contentious politics and history. Rak paves the way for further research and discussion about a nature of contemporary cultures of political violence.'

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Legitimate Security? Understanding the Contingencies of Security and Deliberation

Cited by 19 publications

References 30 publications

Standardization and Risk Governance

Standardization and Risk Governance

Is Resilience a Good Concept in Terrorism Research? A Conceptual Adequacy Analysis of Terrorism Resilience

Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity

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