Understanding Global SecurityFully revised to incorporate recent developments, this third edition of Understanding Global Security analyses the variety of ways in which people's lives are threatened and/or secured in contemporary global politics. The traditional focus of Security Studies texts: war, deterrence and terrorism, are analysed alongside non-military security issues such as famine, crime, disease, disasters, environmental degradation and human rights abuses to provide a comprehensive survey of how and why people are killed in the contemporary world. New to this edition:
User-friendly and easy to follow, this textbook is designed to make a complex subject accessible to all. Key features include:
This highly acclaimed and popular academic text will continue to be essential reading for everyone interested in security. |
Contents
1 Security and securitization | 1 |
2 Military threats to security from states | 23 |
3 Threats to security from nonstate actors | 63 |
4 Economic threats to security | 91 |
5 Identity society and insecurity | 115 |
6 Environmental threats to security | 147 |
7 Health threats to security | 171 |
8 Natural threats to security | 197 |