{"product_id":"9781666949285","title":"Security Imaginaries of an Unarmed People The Development of Iceland’s National Security Policy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSecurity Imaginaries of an Unarmed People\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Development of Iceland’s National Security Policy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSilja Bára Ómarsdóttir\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Security\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIceland is a founding member of the world's most powerful military alliance but yet has never had a military. For most of its existence as an independent republic, it outsourced its defense entirely to the United States. Then, in 2006, the US military left Iceland. What happened next is the subject of \u003ci\u003eSecurity Imaginaries of an Unarmed People: The Development of Iceland's National Security Policy\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing on parliamentary debates, focus group interviews, and three national surveys spanning 2016 to 2023, Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir traces Iceland's slow, contested, and often surprising journey toward defining its own national security. The analysis sheds light on a gap between a political elite increasingly focused on military threats and a public whose security concerns remain stubbornly rooted in the everyday: the economy, the environment, the next volcanic eruption.\u003cbr\u003eThrough the concept of the security imaginary, shared but often unarticulated beliefs that shape a society's understanding of danger and protection. \u003ci\u003eSecurity Imaginaries of an Unarmed People\u003c\/i\u003e offers insight into how a small, unarmed state navigates an era of profound global uncertainty. Iceland's story is very particular, but its lessons are universal: about the distance between policy and people, about resilience without weapons, and about what security means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSilja Bára Ómarsdóttir\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of International Affairs at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Iceland. Her research focuses on Icelandic society and politics, specifically Iceland's foreign and security policy, as well as feminist international relations.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666949285\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331939958924,"sku":"9781666949285","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781666949285","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}