Disputing Security and Risk: The Convoluted Politics of Uncertainty

Carrapico, HF, Massoumi, N, McGowan, W and Mythen, G (2020) Disputing Security and Risk: The Convoluted Politics of Uncertainty. In: The Politics of Uncertainty. Routledge.

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Abstract

This chapter explores some of the dilemmas that arise in using uncertainty as a lens to interpret societal problems and issues. Using several cases to open up discussion we argue that it is vitally important to understand the historical, political and cultural context in which debates about risk, uncertainty and (in)security materialise. Arguing for a re-specified, context-specific account, we seek to unravel dominant understandings of uncertainty in three domains: cyber security, counter-radicalisation strategy and mechanisms for coping in the aftermath of structural violence. While acknowledging the value of uncertainty as an heuristic device, we argue that established units of sociological analysis – such as power and ideology – remain important explanatory concepts in understanding institutional actions and policy drivers.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Divisions:	Justice Studies (from Sep 19)
Publisher:	Routledge
Date of acceptance:	3 December 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access:	8 May 2024
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2020 12:19
Last Modified:	08 May 2024 10:05
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/13069

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