| ID | 118959 |
| Title Proper | Towards a new societal security dilemma |
| Other Title Information | comprehensive analysis of actor responsibility in intersocietal conflicts |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bilgic, Ali |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Scholars of the societal security dilemma implicitly or explicitly aim to analyse actor responsibility in intersocietal group confrontations. However, adherence of these approaches to (neo-)realist theoretical assumptions of the security dilemma hinders this objective. This article provides analytical principles upon which a new societal security dilemma can be constructed in order to conduct a more comprehensive analysis of actor responsibility. A new societal security dilemma framework can be built upon three principles: (1) a security dilemma results in violence depending on how the actors themselves interpret the political structure in which they interact with others; (2) differentiation of actors' intentions as malign or benign is inconsequential; what matters is how actors interpret security and which tools they choose to adopt to achieve security; and (3) identity is not exogenous to the politics of security. Adopting these principles requires reconceptualisation of the security dilemma. It will be argued that a new societal security, which reflects the politics of security, can provide a more comprehensive, dynamic, political, and realistic analysis of actor responsibility in societal-level confrontations. These new principles will be illustrated through re-reading of the dissolution of Yugoslavia to analyse actor responsibility as a sketch of the new societal security dilemma theorising. |
| `In' analytical Note | Review of International Studies Vol. 39, No.1; Jan 2013: p.185-208 |
| Journal Source | Review of International Studies Vol. 39, No.1; Jan 2013: p.185-208 |
| Key Words | Societal Security Dilemma ; Achieve Security ; Politics of Security ; New Societal Security |