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Kritika teorie bezpečnostního komplexu z hlediska přístupu síťových aktérů
A Critical Examination of the Theory of Security Complex from the Network Approach Perspective

Author(s): Petr Zelinka
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Sub-system level of analysis; Regional Security Complex Theory; Non-state actors; Network actors; Netwar; Critical examination; Horn of Africa

Summary/Abstract: The author aims to evaluate Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) with regard to another theoretical approach to security – Network Actors Perspective (NAP). The evaluation will focus on how RSCT takes into account the influence of non-state actors on regional security dynamics and their growing deterritorialization. Firstly the regional level of analysis approach will be sketched, and the emphasis will lie on RSCT as defined by Barry Buzan and Ole Wćver. Its important characteristics and features will be critically compared with those of NAP. The result will be further illustrated through a case of a regional security complex – the Horn of Africa.

  • Issue Year: 43/2008
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 52-74
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Czech
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