Security Studies: An IntroductionPaul D. Williams Security Studies is the most comprehensive textbook available on security studies. 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.
Security Studies provides a valuable teaching tool for undergraduates and MA students by collecting these related strands of the field together into a single coherent textbook. Contributors: Richard J. Aldrich, Deborah D. Avant, Sita Bali, Michael N. Barnett, Alex J. Bellamy, Didier Bigo, Pinar Bilgin, Ken Booth, Barry Buzan, Stuart Croft, Simon Dalby, John S. Duffield, Colin Elman, Louise Fawcett, Lawrence Freedman, James M. Goldgeier, Fen Osler Hampson, William D. Hartung, Michael Jensen, Adam Jones, Danielle Zach Kalbacher, Stuart J. Kaufman, Michael T. Klare, Peter Lawler, Matt McDonald, Colin McInnes, Cornelia Navari, Michael Pugh, Paul R. Pillar, Srinath Raghavan, Paul Rogers, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, Joanna Spear, Caroline Thomas, ?Thomas G. Weiss, Nicholas J. Wheeler, Sandra Whitworth, Paul D. Williams, Phil Williams and Frank C. Zagare. |
Contents
Security Studies | 1 |
Theoretical Approaches | 13 |
Realisms | 15 |
Liberalisms | 32 |
Game Theory | 48 |
Constructivisms | 63 |
Peace Studies | 77 |
Critical Theory | 93 |
Health | 324 |
Institutions | 337 |
Alliances | 339 |
Regional Institutions | 355 |
The United Nations | 374 |
Peace Operations | 393 |
The Nuclear Disarmament And Nonproliferation Regime ... | 409 |
Private Security | 425 |
Feminisms | 107 |
Chapter 9 International Political Sociology | 120 |
Key Concepts | 135 |
Uncertainty | 137 |
Polarity | 155 |
Culture | 170 |
War | 187 |
Coercion | 206 |
Terrorism | 221 |
Intelligence | 235 |
Genocide Andcrimes Against Humanity | 250 |
Ethnic Conflict | 264 |
Human Security | 279 |
Poverty | 295 |
Climate Change And Environmental Security ... | 311 |
Contemporary Challenges | 439 |
The International Arms Trade | 441 |
Counterterrorism | 457 |
Counterinsurgency | 471 |
The Responsibility To Protect | 486 |
Transnational Organized Crime | 503 |
Population Movements | 520 |
Energy Security | 535 |
Conclusions | 553 |
36 The Academic And Policy Worlds | 555 |
What Future For Security Studies? | 568 |
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