Critical perspectives on cybersecurity : feminist and postcolonial interventions / edited by Anwar Mhajne and Alexis Henshaw.
Series: Oxford studies in gender and international relations: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197695920.Subject(s): Women and human security | Computer security
| National security | Computers and IT | Sociology & anthropologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197695883DDC classification: 303.4834 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: 'Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity' offers a new approach to understanding cybersecurity in international relations. As a counterpoint to existing work, which focuses largely on the security of states, private actors, and infrastructure, chapter authors examine how women and communities across the Global South understand 'cybersecurity,' including what threats and forms of resistance are most important to them. Bringing together contributions from a globally diverse range of authors, Anwar Mhajne and Alexis Henshaw provide a human security perspective on cybersecurity that pays attention to the interplay of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and other social hierarchies, especially regarding cybersecurity in the Global South.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity' offers a new approach to understanding cybersecurity in international relations. As a counterpoint to existing work, which focuses largely on the security of states, private actors, and infrastructure, chapter authors examine how women and communities across the Global South understand 'cybersecurity,' including what threats and forms of resistance are most important to them. Bringing together contributions from a globally diverse range of authors, Anwar Mhajne and Alexis Henshaw provide a human security perspective on cybersecurity that pays attention to the interplay of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and other social hierarchies, especially regarding cybersecurity in the Global South.
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