UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY SECURITY

Contemporary security is shaped by a variety of factors which determine the changing dynamics of connections and interdependencies within and between social groups and political actors. The growing importance of technology and innovation for states and societies has been a critical factor in the inf...

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Published inPoliteja no. 79; pp. 5 - 16
Main Authors Gruszczak, Artur, Kolaszyński, Mateusz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Krakow Ksiegarnia Akademicka sp z o.o 01.01.2022
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Summary:Contemporary security is shaped by a variety of factors which determine the changing dynamics of connections and interdependencies within and between social groups and political actors. The growing importance of technology and innovation for states and societies has been a critical factor in the infrastructural, organizational and decision-making dimensions. This article aims to integrate some aspects of contemporary security into current dynamics of technology and innovation as vehicles of rapid and substantial changes in security policies and actions. Designed as an essay based on qualitative method in social sciences, this paper raises theoretical and empirical questions concerning modernization and innovation as determinants of contemporary security structures and policies. The empirical dimension of technology, innovation and politics are presented in the microscale (local security), in the mesoscale (state security, national security, sectoral security) and in the macroscale (international security in regional and global dimensions), as well as from the cross-sectional (transversal) perspective.
ISSN:1733-6716
2391-6737
DOI:10.12797/Politeja.19.2022.79.01