Security in the west. Evolution of a concept

Since its appearance on the world stage, the West (Europe, the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand) has been a primary producer of security (for itself) and of insecurity (for itself and for others). Western discourse has not only invented the term security but also expanded and reshaped it according to its own complex evolution. The goals of this volume are to analyze the evolution of the contested concept of security and to discuss how the concept of security has emerged as a “Western social enterprise”.