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Security Studies: An Introduction Paperback – 11 April 2012
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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.
- 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 influencing world politics using international, regional and global levels of analysis.
- Part 4 examines some of the key contemporary challenges to global security from the arms trade to energy security.
- Part 5 discusses the future of security.
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.
- ISBN-100415782813
- ISBN-13978-0415782814
- Edition2nd
- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date11 April 2012
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions17.15 x 3.18 x 24.13 cm
- Print length656 pages
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Paul D. Williams is Associate Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, USA. His books include War and Conflict in Africa (Polity, 2011); British Foreign Policy under New Labour, 1997–2005 (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005); Understanding Peacekeeping, 2nd ed. (Polity, 2010); Security and Development in Global Politics: A Critical Comparison (Georgetown University Press, 2012); and The International Politics of Mass Atrocities: The Case of Darfur (Routledge, 2010).
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- Publisher : Routledge
- Publication date : 11 April 2012
- Edition : 2nd
- Language : English
- Print length : 656 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0415782813
- ISBN-13 : 978-0415782814
- Item weight : 1.27 kg
- Dimensions : 17.15 x 3.18 x 24.13 cm
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Paul D. Williams is Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University where he is Associate Director of the Security Policy Studies MA Program. He received his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 2001.
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5.0 out of 5 stars très bien!
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseLivre très complet, très clair de très bonnes références. Les auteurs cités sont de très grands universitaires, je le recommande vivement.
- Agata LambrechtsReviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for students and other interested readers
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis book is really great for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, providing an overview of everything that currently falls under an umbrella of 'security studies'. Well written, clear structure and quality print make it an invaluable material for students.
- Mega MegReviewed in the United States on 29 October 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Text
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis text covers a wide variety of "security issues". Each chapter is written by a different author, which is nice because the switch makes for a quick read. Interesting point of views that we don't always hear on this side of the Atlantic (US).
- NinaReviewed in the United States on 17 April 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI've just started a Masters in International Security. This book helps cut through a lot of the high-level theory and jargon. Plain speaking and well written. A good investment!