Societal security
Encyclopedia
Societal security is a concept developed by the Copenhagen School of security studies that refers to 'the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possibible or actual threats'.
Further reading
- McSweeney, BillBill McSweeneyDr Bill McSweeney is a Senior Research Fellow in International Peace Studies at the University of Dublin, Ireland. Within academia he is considered to be the leading critic of the Copenhagen School of security studies.-Select Publications:*McSweeney, B...
, (1996), Identity and Security: Buzan and the Copenhagen School, Review of International Studies, 22, 81-96