The New Mobilities Paradigm and Critical Security Studies: Exploring Common Ground

Author(s): Matthias Leese, Stef Wittendorp
Journal Title: Mobilities
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Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Pages: 171-184
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Year: 2018

This introductory article to a Special Issue of Mobilities provides an overview of five thematic intersections that it argues exist between critical security studies and mobilities studies. By doing so, the text highlights the potential benefits of engagement between these two research areas. It also discusses the distinctiveness of a critical agenda within security studies and outlines how mobility has become a prevalent theme in related security politics and academic analyses.

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