Cyber Security and the Politics of Time - Hardcover

Stevens, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107109426 ISBN 13: 9781107109421

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

'Cyber security' is a recent addition to the global security agenda, concerned with protecting states and citizens from the misuse of computer networks for war, terrorism, economic espionage and criminal gain. Many argue that the ubiquity of computer networks calls for robust and pervasive countermeasures, not least governments concerned about their potential effects on national and economic security. Drawing on critical literature in international relations, security studies, political theory and social theory, this is the first book that describes how these visions of future cyber security are sustained in the communities that articulate them. Specifically, it shows that conceptions of time and temporality are foundational to the politics of cyber security. It explores how cyber security communities understand the past, present and future, thereby shaping cyber security as a political practice. Integrating a wide range of conceptual and empirical resources, this innovative book provides insight for scholars, practitioners and policymakers.

About this title

Book Description:

'Cyber security' is a recent addition to the global security agenda. This book explores how cyber security communities' conceptions of time are manifest in political practice. It will be valuable to anyone concerned with how security politics is shaped by visions of past, present and future.

About the Author:

Tim Stevens is Teaching Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King's College London. He is co-author of Cyberspace and the State (2011) and has published widely on cyber security and related issues in journals such as International Political Sociology, Security Dialogue and Contemporary Security Policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107109426
• ISBN 13: 9781107109421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280