In:
European Review of International Studies, Brill, Vol. 5, No. 3 ( 2018-12-17), p. 49-69
Abstract:
This article looks into the politicisation of security. Politicisation, in contrast to securitisation, presupposes that security issues are controversially debated in a public arena without foregone conclusions as to how they are going to be handled. In order to locate and observe politicisation processes empirically, we suggest to look at privacy, a key notion and main tool for resistance vis-à-vis security logics. By examining two issue areas (video surveillance and cybersecurity), we highlight different tactics through which privacy is mobilised as a boundary object to politicise security. The invocation of privacy offers an alternative viewpoint on security, one where the human (digital) body and a human centred notion of security is at the centre. The value of its integrity and the need for its protection is a weighty counter to the abstract and often absolute claims of ‘more security’ through technological means.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2196-6923
,
2196-7415
DOI:
10.3224/eris.v5i3.03
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2018
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2870035-1
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