Conceptual notes on energy security: Total or banal security?

Security Dialogue

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-144

  Ciutǎ, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banal security; Context; Energy; Security concepts; Total security

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950225078     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010610361596     Document Type: Article

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