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Security Studies An Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0415782813

ISBN-13: 9780415782814

Edition: 2nd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Paul D. Williams

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Security Studiesis 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.Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches currently used within the field from realism to international political sociology.Part 2 explains the central concepts underpinning contemporary debates from the security dilemma to terrorism.Part 3 presents an overview of the institutional security architecture currently…    
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List price: $37.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 656
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.794

List of boxes, figures and tables
About the contributors
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Security Studies: An Introduction
What is security studies? A very short overview
Defining a field of inquiry: Four fundamental questions
What is security?
Whose security?
What is a security issue?
How can security be achieved?
How to use this book
Theoretical Approaches
Realisms
Introduction
Classical realism
Neorealism: Waltz's Theory of International Politics
Defensive structural realism
Offensive structural realism
Rise and fall realism
Neoclassical realism
Realisms and the rise of China
Conclusion
Liberalisms
Introduction
Traditional or Kantian liberalism
Douce commerce
The democratic peace thesis
Neoliberal institutionalism
Conclusion
Game Theory
Introduction
Primitive concepts
Strategic-form games and Nash equilibria
Extensive-form games, backwards induction and subgame perfect equilibria
Applications of game theory in security studies
Coda
Constructivisms
Introduction: Constructivism and security
Constructivism: Central tenets and shared assumptions
Security as social construction: identity and norms
Negotiation and contestation
Agents, structures and change
The Copenhagen School and securitization
Conclusion
Peace Studies
Introduction: What is peace studies?
Peace Studies: A brief history
Peace research as science
From peace research to peace studies
Key concepts
Positive and negative peace
Structural violence
Cultural violence
The future of peace studies?
Critical Theory
Introduction: the need for a critical perspective
Rethinking security
Critical theory Theory/practice
The 'Aberystwyth School' of critical security studies
Emancipation
Conclusion
Feminisms
Introduction
Feminist approaches in international security
Women, gender and security: The impacts of armed conflict
Women, gender and security: Action and activism
Women, gender and security: Talking and making weapons and war
Conclusions
International Political Sociology
Introduction
Interdisciplinarity, relations and practices
An international political sociology of security
Episteme
Methods
Major findings
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Uncertainty
Introduction
The house of uncertainty
The quintessential dilemma
Three logics
The security dilemma in the twenty-first century
Towards a new agenda for security, studies
Polarity
The debates about polarity
Polarity during the Cold War
Polarity after the Cold War
The problem with polarity
The future of polarity
Conclusion: The utility of polarity
Culture
Introduction
States behaving badly
Culture
Cultures in security
Strategic culture
Peacekeeping cultures
Conclusion
War
Introduction
Three philosophies of war
The functions of war
Trends in armed conflicts since 1945
Who fights? Who dies?
Is the nature of warfare changing?
The idea of total war
The 'new wars' debate
The contemporary Western way of war
Conclusion
Coercion
Introduction
Strategy
Deterrence and compellence
Designing coercive strategies
Punishment and denial
Types of costs
Multiple audiences
Reputations
Long-term impact
Conclusion
Terrorism
Introduction
Terrorism in perspective
Definitions
State and sub-state terror
Responding to terrorism
The 9/11 response and the war on terror
Trends in terrorism
Conclusion
Intelligence
Introduction
What is intelligence?
Warning, surprise and 'failure'
Intelligence, uncertainty and stability
Covert action, disruption and event-shaping
Intelligence cooperation
Security and global surveillance
Conclusion
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Introduction
Genocide
Challenges of intervention
Understanding crimes against humanity
Conclusion
Ethnic Conflict
Introduction
What is ethnic conflict?
An overview of ethnic conflicts
Causes of violent ethnic conflict
Sudan
Yugoslavia
International security dimensions of ethnic conflicts
Resolution of ethnic civil wars
Human Security
Introduction
Understanding the scope of human security
Setting the boundaries of human security
Ongoing debates and unresolved issues
Human security and 'failed' states
The dilemmas of humanitarian intervention
Human security risk assessment
Governance and human security
Towards a theory of human security
Conclusion
Poverty
Introduction
Is poverty an appropriate concern for security studies?
Whose poverty? Whose security?
What do we know about the poverty-security nexus?
What do we know about the poverty-violent conflict nexus?
Effect of poverty on conflict
Effect of conflict on poverty
The diplomatic agenda on poverty and security
Conclusion
Climate Change and Environmental Security
Introduction: Security and environment
Armed conflict and environmental change
Climate change and security
Scenarios of doom
Security planning and risk analysis
Climate wars?
Health
Introduction
The emergence of health as a national security issue
The spread of infectious disease HIV/AIDS
Bioterrorism
A not so perfect partnership?
Conclusion
Institutions
Alliances
Introduction: Why study alliances?
Definitions: What is an alliance?
Explanations of alliance persistence and collapse
The case of NATO after the Cold War
Conclusion: Alliance theory and the future of NATO
Regional Institutions
Introduction
Definitions
The origins and development of regional security institutions
Regional security institutions in the Cold War
Regional security institutions since the Cold War
Contemporary challenges
Peace operations
Terrorism and WMD
Assessing the growth of regional security institutions
Conclusion
The United Nations
Introduction
The Security Council
The General Assembly
The Secretariat
Other UN organs and actors
Twenty-first-century challenges
Changes in the nature of war and UN responses
Terrorism
Disarmament and non-proliferation
Conclusion
Peace Operations
Introduction
Language and meaning
Surge, retraction, resurgence
Reforms
Brahimi's report
Gueh�nno goals
Ban's plans
Standards and principles
Hybrid operations
Public security gaps
Conclusion: Future prospects
The Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regime
Introduction
Three caveats
Non-proliferation regime
Three challenges
Three approaches
Way forward
Private Security
Introduction
Private security and the control of force
A transnational market for military and security services
The current market compared
Why the current market?
Conclusion
Contemporary Challenges
The International Arms Trade
Introduction
Three channels for arms transfers
Arms sales take off: The 1970s and 1980s
Post-Cold War dynamics
Post-9/11 arms exports
The trade in small arms and light weapons
Dangers of dual use: The A.Q. Khan network
Prospects for restraint
Conclusion
Counterterrorism
Introduction
Basic elements
Defence
Going on the offensive
Law enforcement and military force
Issues and choices
Counterinsurgency
Introduction: The current discourse on counterinsurgency
The state of the field
The problem that counterinsurgency responds to � insurgency
'Hearts and minds'
The role of military force in counterinsurgency
Learning on the ground
Counterinsurgency in the media age
Similarities to post-conflict peacebuilding
Conclusion
The Responsibility to Protect
Introduction
Sovereignty and responsibility
R2P and international politics
R2P in action
Kenya
Libya
Conclusion
Transnational Organized Crime
Introduction
Organized crime as a security threat
What is transnational organized crime?
Globalization, governance and the rise of organized crime
Transnational criminal organizations
Illicit markets
Responses to transnational crime
Population Movements
Introduction
Population movements as a security issue
Population movements categorized
Population movements and violent conflict
Population movements and foreign policy
Population movement and internal security
Conclusion
Energy Security
Introduction
Understanding energy security Why now?
Intimations of global petroleum insufficiency
A shift in the centre of gravity of world oil production
Oil facilities as a target of attack
Addressing energy (in)security
Conclusions
The Academic and Policy Worlds
Introduction
What is policy-relevant knowledge?
Cold War nuclear experts
Realism and liberalism after the Cold War
Conclusion
What Future for Security Studies?
Introduction: Context and scope
Locating security studies
Future directions in the sub-field
Future directions in the sub-discipline
Security studies, porous boundaries and the struggle for coherence
References
Index
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