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Security and emancipation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

Ken Booth
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Our work Is our words, but our words do not work any more. They have not worked for some time. We can obviously start with the misleading label—‘International Politics’—which is given to our subject. As a result of this problem, I have wanted to use increasing numbers of inverted commas; but most have never seen the light of day because copy-editors have regarded them as an over-indulgence. Even so, the very temptation of these little scratches indicates that words at the heart of the subject are i n trouble:

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Review of International Studies , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 313 - 326
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 1991

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