Timescapes of security: Clocks, clouds, and the complexity of security governance

World Futures

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 527-551

  Kavalski, Emilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation exaptation; Cognitive challenge; Complex risks; Complexity thinking; Global life; Negative capability; Resilience; Security governance; Timescapes; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650796930     PISSN: 02604027     EISSN: 15561844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02604020903276834     Document Type: Article

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