Sovereign power and the biopolitics of human security

Security Dialogue

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-537

  De Larrinaga, Miguel ^a   Doucet, Marc G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopower; Exceptionality; Human security; Security; Sovereign power

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849124140     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010608096148     Document Type: Article

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