Security, risk, uncertainty | Université Catholique de Lille

Establishment

ESPOL European School of Political and Social Sciences

Language of instruction

French, English

This course occurs in the following program(s)

Licence Science Politique - Parcours Relations internationales - Crédits ECTS:

Period

Presentation
Terms
Resources

Présentation

Prerequisite

None

Goal

Students who complete the course should:

Have devloped a detailed knowledge of key concepts: security, risk and uncertainty

Be able to apply IR theories to these concepts

Have an understanding of how security, risk and uncertainty relate to a variety of contemporary security issues, including technology, economic, and environmental risks.

Presentation

Security, Risk and Uncertainty – Dr Joe Burton

Dates and Topics

Modalités

Forms of instruction

The course is divided into three sections - each comprised of two interactive 3 hour lectures/seminars.

Evaluation

Examen : coeff. 100

Ressources

Bibliography

Amoore Louise (2013), The politics of possibility: risk and security, Duhram: Duke University Press. , , Aradau Claudia & van Munster Rens (2011), Politics of Catastrophe: Genealogies of the Unknown, Abingdon: Routledge. , , Beck Ulrich (1992), Risk society: Towards a new modernity, London: Sage. , , Ewald, Francois (1991); ‘Insurance and Risk', in G. Burchell, C. Gordon and P. Miller (eds) The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf. , , Lupton Deborah (2013), Risk, 2nd Edition, London: Routledge. , , O’Malley Pat (2004), Risk, Uncertainty and Government, London: GlassHouse Press. , , Perret Sarah & Burgess J. Peter (2022), Géopolitique du risque. De la possibilité du danger à l’incertitude de la menace, Paris: Le Cavalier Bleu. , , Petersen Karen Lund (2012), Corporate risk and national security, London: Routledge.

Internet resources

These will be made available to students as the course progresses. The course uses Moodle for video lectures and tutorial forums.