Contemporary Security Studies

The second edition of Contemporary Security Studies builds on the thorough coverage of the first with the inclusion of new chapters. Written by key scholars, the book introduces students to the fast-evolving field of security studies. It covers differing approaches to the study of security; the broadening and deepening of security; and a range of traditional and non-traditional issues that have emerged on the security agenda, ensuring students are provided with a comprehensive insight into all areas of the subject. The study of international security has undergone dramatic changes since the end of the Cold War. While war and the threat to use force is part of the security equation it is not exclusively so. The subject of security studies encompasses dangers that range from pandemics, such as HIV/AIDS, and the environment degradation through to the more readily associated security concerns of direct violence, such as terrrorism and inter-state armed conflict. Accessible and easy to use, Contemporary Security Studies is essential reading for all students new to international security. Online Resource Centre includes: Student resources Case studies Web links Multiple choice questions Flashcard glossary Lecturer resources PowerPoint slides

ISBN 0199548854   Pages 576 ISBN13 9780199548859 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1245 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Previous ISBN 9780199284696 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 24 Dec 2009   Width (mm) 190 DEWEY 327.1   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate

		Notes on Contributors
		List of Figures
		List of Tables
		List of Boxes
		Guided Tour of Learning Features
		Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
1		Introduction: What is Security Studies? by Alan Collins
Pt. 1		Approaches to Security
2		Realism by Charles L. Glaser
3		Liberalism by Patrick Morgan
4		Social Constructivism by Christine Agius
5		Peace Studies by Paul Rogers
6		Critical Security Studies: A Schismatic History by David Mutimer
7		Gender and Security by Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
8		Human Security by Pauline Kerr
9		Securitization by Ralf Emmers
10		Historical Materialism by Eric Herring
Pt. 2		Deepening and Broadening Security
11		Military Security by Michael Sheehan
12		Regime Security by Richard Jackson
13		Societal Security by Paul Roe
14		Environmental Security by Jon Barnett
15		Economic Security by Christopher M. Dent
16		Globalization, Development, and Security by Nana K. Poku
Pt. 3		Traditional and Non-Traditional Security
17		Coercive Diplomacy by Peter Viggo Jakobsen
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This is an excellent textbook as well as a great scholarly read. Collins has brought together a very distinguished group of scholars to deal with some of the most pressing security challenges of our time from a theoretical and historical perspective. Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington DC This volume links theory to substance. It offers diverse and competing conceptual lenses for thinking about the nature of security and specific challenges. Readers will come away educated, not merely informed. Richard Ned Lebow, Dartmouth College and London School of Economics and Political Science Since the end of the Cold War and following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the security studies field has been in dire need of a core textbook for undergraduates. It now has one. Even as the international security outlook continues to change at an unsettling pace, this bigger and better edition adeptly tracks and tackles those changes in ways that will bring out the most creativity in teachers and students alike. Geoffrey Wiseman, University of Southern California An excellent introduction. The collection is particularly useful in bringing together major recent approaches in security studies and explaining their philosophical background and practical implications. Roland Dannreuther, University of Edinburgh

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