The 'Western-Centrism' of security studies: 'Blind Spot' or constitutive practice?

Security Dialogue

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 615-622

  Bilgin, Pinar ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eurocentrism; insecurity; postcolonial; security studies; Third World

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650430670     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010610388208     Document Type: Article

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