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
LISTOFFIGURESBOXES | |
Useful weblinks 9 Accidental threats to security Accidents will happen? The nature andformof humanmade accidents The collateral damage of indust... | |
2Military threats tosecurity from states | |
Threats to security from nonstate actors | |
Economic threats | |
11Towards global security? | |
5Identity society and insecurity | |
6Environmental threats to security | |
Health threats to security | |
Natural threats to security | |
GLOSSARY | |