Security Society Revisited: From the Interdependece of Similarities to the Co-habitation of Differences

Abstract

Karl Deutsch's "security community" approach which defends that development of mutual relations between societies rather than states will be beneficial, suggests that the increase of communication and displacement possibilities between social sectors allowing the elaboration of common values. This approach insists that establishment of mutual confidence between similar societies is important to assure peace. This kind of cooperation has also contributed to the formation of an opponent, enemy or "the other". In the actual complex interdependence system, those who are defined as the "others" are threatening the security of societies. Deutsch's approach which offers several important clues regarding the assurance of confidence between societies when applied to the relationship between different societies rather than similar ones, could help reestablishing security societies.

Keywords

Reciprocity, Pluralistic Security Society, Amalgam Security Society, Transaction, Communication Theory

Citation

Dedeoğlu, Beril, “Security Society Revisited: From the Interdependece of Similarities to the Co-habitation of Differences”, International Relations, Volume 1, Issue 4 (Winter 2004), pp. 1- 21.

Affiliations

• Beril Dedeoğlu, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Galatasaray University, Department of International Relations