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Contemporary Security Studies is a uniquely engaging introduction to Security Studies, covering the key theories and contemporary issues in the field. A team of expert scholars strike a careful balance of depth and clarity, providing the essential companion for students exploring the modern security agenda.
*Offers broad, easy-to-digest coverage of all of the key theories and concepts in Security Studies
*Brings together carefully edited contributions from international experts in the field, giving students insights from a range of leading scholars
*'Think point' boxes challenge students to question their own assumptions, and help to develop critical thinking skills
*Case study boxes encourage students to connect theory and practice by demonstrating the real-world manifestations of political issues
*Includes coverage of critical Security Studies perspectives, including poststructuralism and postcolonialism
*Considers a broad range of traditional and non-traditional security issues, from inter-state armed conflict and nuclear weapons, to security issues centring on the environment, crime and cyber-attacks
*Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
New to this edition *A new Chapter 13 on popular culture introduces students to this innovative approach to Security Studies, exploring the role that it plays in shaping and understanding security-related processes, including managing conflicts, supporting transitions to peace, and its uses and limitations as a source of soft power
*A revised Chapter 12 on securitization theory traces its emergence and evolution as a framework for analysis, covering the main concepts and criticisms, and helping students to develop their understanding of constructivist approaches to security
*Chapter 27 on transnational crime has been reworked to include coverage of the 'crime-terror nexus', the relationship between organized crime and the state, and a case study focusing on Mexico, helping students to apply theory to the real world
*Every chapter has been thoroughly updated to reflect current political issues and developments in world affairs, such as the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and forced migration
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1:Introduction, Alan Collins Part 1: Approaches to Security 2:Realism, Charles L. Glaser 3:Liberalism and Liberal Internationalism, Patrick Morgan, with Alan Collins 4:Historical Materialism, Eric Herring 5:Peace Studies, Paul Rogers 6:Social Constructivism, Christine Agius 7:Critical Security Studies: A Schismatic History, David Mutimer, with Derek Verbakel 8:Critical Security Studies II - Narratives of Security: Other Stories, Other Actors, Marshall Beier 9:Postcolonialism, Mark Laffey and Suthaharan Nadarajah 10:Human Security, Randolph B. Persaud 11:Gender, Caroline Kennedy and Sophia Dingli 12:Securitization, Catarina Thomson and Stephane Baele 13:Popular Culture, Galia Press-Barnathan Part 2: Deepening and Broadening Security 14:Military Security, Mike Sheehan 15:Regime Security, Andreas Krieg 16:Societal Security, Paul Roe 17:Environmental Security, Geoffrey Dabelko 18:Economic Security, Gary Shiffman 19:Development and Security, Nana K. Poku and Jacqueline Therkelsen Part 3: Traditional and Non-Traditional Security 20:Coercive Diplomacy: Countering War-Threatening Crimes and Armed Conflicts, Peter Viggo Jakobsen 21:Weapons of Mass Destruction and Proliferation, James J. Wirtz 22:Terrorism, James Lutz and Brenda Lutz 23:Humanitarian Intervention, Alex Bellamy and Stephen McLoughlin 24:Energy Security, Doug Stokes and Sam Raphael 25:The Weapons Trade, Suzette Grillot 26:Health, Stefan Elbe and Eva Hilberg 27:Transnational Crime, Nathan Jones 28:Cyber-security, Myriam Dunn Cavelty 29:Security Studies Past, Present & Future, Barry Buzan and Ole W©¡ver
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Collins is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Wales, Swansea
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