Interpreting Global Security

by Mark Bevir

This edited collection explores the fruitfulness of applying an interpretive approach to the study of global security. The interpretive approach concentrates on unpacking the meanings and beliefs of various policy actors, and, crucially, explains those beliefs by locating them in historical traditions and as responses to dilemmas. Interpretivists thereby seek to highlight the contingency, diversity, and contestability of the narratives, expertise,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415825377
• ISBN13: 9780415825375
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"