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Instructors: Delf Rothe
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
96-4.02
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
6 | 25
Waiting list:
Waiting list quota: 20%
More information:
This course is open to all students of the Master's programme "Peace and Security Studies" (regardless of whether they are enrolled in the one-year or two-year version).
The course is also open to students of other degree programmes. The prerequisite for participation in the course is attendance at the first session. In case of non-attendance, the place will be forfeited and will be made available for latecomers.
Comments/contents:
The security policy landscape has changed fundamentally since the end of the Cold War more than 30 years ago. A narrow focus on national security has given way to a broader understanding of security that focuses on globally unbounded and networked threats. In the face of risks posed by climate change, transnational terrorism, pandemics or cyber-attacks, the classic range of security policy instruments has been supplemented by new security practices and technologies. In this new security landscape, the boundaries between external and internal security and between state and private actors are becoming increasingly blurry.
This course provides an overview of approaches that deal critically with the described expansion and transformation of security. In a first block, various theoretical schools and research perspectives in critical security studies are presented. Empirical examples and small exercises show how these approaches can be used to analyze security policy issues. A second block of the seminar is dedicated to current developments in security governance and central issues in Critical Security Studies. Based on selected texts, new actors, new discourses and new security practices in different policy areas – such as migration, climate change or global health – are discussed. In the third and last block, current debates in critical security studies are addressed. These debates deal with the question of what critique and "being critical" actually mean in the context of security research. In addition, the limits of approaches to Critical Security Studies, which post- and decolonial and feminist works have pointed out, are being reflected.
Learning objectives:
After completing the course, the students should
- be familiar with the different approaches and research perspectives in critical security studies;
- have acquired basic knowledge of current trends and developments in security policy;
- be able to apply the learned theoretical perspectives for the independent analysis of security problems and related forms of governance;
- be able to critically reflect on the limitations and problems of the presented approaches.
Didactic concept:
- Short inputs and lectures
- Discussion of the preparatory reading
- Analytical exercises and group works
- Presentation and discussion of group results
Literature:
Aradau, Claudia; Huysmans, Jef; Neal, Andrew; Voelkner, Nadine (2015). Critical Security Methods: New frameworks for analysis. London/New York: Routledge.
C.A.S.E. Collective (2006) Critical Approaches to Security in Europe: a networked manifesto. Security Dialogue, 37(4): 443-487.
Peoples, Columba; Vaughan-Williams (2021). Critical Security Studies: An Introduction. London/New York: Routledge.
Rothe, Delf (2017). Versicherheitlichung, in Ide, Tobias (Hrsg.): Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Opladen: Budrich, 35-68.
Salter, Mark; Mutlu, Can (2013). Research Methods in Critical Security Studies: An Introduction. London/New York: Routledge.
Additional examination information:
Graded exam: paper
Further requirements: regular and active participation; careful preparation of the class readings!
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