Document Type
Introduction
Abstract
[First paragraph]
“Security” and “insecurity” are words which are relentlessly alive in politics and the media. Since the 9/11 attacks, followed by the 2004 train attacks in Madrid and the London bombings in 2005, the US and, also to some extent, Europe, among other geopolitical powers, have been investing extensively in programs for national and international security. Exacerbated by the mass-media, discourses about security have circulated and propagated worldwide, igniting security policies and practices which have significant impact on our social organization, both locally and globally. However, one could argue that despite these tendencies, the meanings of security are far from clear. Indeed, while the word “security” has been naturalized in political discourses, the long-term causes, the meanings and the workings of security, remain unexamined. [1]
Repository Citation
Martins, Susana S., and Susana Araújo. "Insecure Approaches to Notions of Security: Introduction." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 12, no. 3, 2012, pp. 1–8. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol12/iss3/1