Security studies : an introduction

✍ Scribed by Williams, Paul D.

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 657
Edition: 2nd ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

"Comprehensively revised for the new edition including new chapters on Polarity, Culture, Intelligence, and the Academic and Policy Worlds, it continues to give students a detailed overview of the major theoretical approaches, key themes and most significant issues within security studies. Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches currently used within the field from realism to international political Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Security studies : an introduction / Paul D. Williams --
Part 1. Theoretical approaches --
Realisms / Colin Elman and Michael Jensen --
Liberalisms / Cornelia Navari --
Game theory / Frank C. Zagare --
Constructivisms / Matt McDonald --
Peace studies / Peter Lawler --
Critical theory / Pinar Bilgin --
Feminisms / Sandra Whitworth --
International political sociology / Didier Bigo --
Part 2. Key concepts --
Uncertainty / Ken Booth and Nicholas J. Wheeler --
Polarity / Barry Buzan --
Culture / Michael N. Barnett --
War / Paul D. Williams --
Coercion / Lawrence Freedman and Srinath Rhagavan --
Terrorism / Paul Rogers --
Intelligence / Richard J. Aldrich --
Genocide and crimes against humanity / Adam Jones --
Ethnic conflict / Stuart J. Kaufman --
Human security / Fen Osler Hampson --
Poverty / Caroline Thomas --
Climate change and environmental security / Simon Dalby --
Health / Colin McInnes --
Part 3. Institutions --
Alliances / John Duffield --
Regional institutions / Louise Fawcett --
The United Nations / Thomas G. Weiss and Danielle Zach Kalbacher --
Peace operations / Michael Pugh --
The nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime / Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu --
Private security / Deborah D. Avant --
Part 4. Contemporary challenges --
The international arms trade / William D. Hartung --
Counterterrorism / Paul R. Pillar --
Counterinsurgency / Joanna Spear --
The responsibility to protect / Alex J. Bellamy --
Transnational organized crime / Phil Williams --
Population movements / Sita Bali --
Energy security / Michael T. Klare --
Part 5. Conclusions --
The academic and policy worlds / James M Goldgeier --
What future for security studies? / Stuart Croft.