Contemporary Security Studies

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The definitive introduction to security studies, focusing on key theoretical approaches and the critical issues shaping today's global security landscape. <em>Contemporary Security Studies</em> offers a uniquely engaging introduction to Security Studies, addressing key theories and contemporary issues in the field. A team of expert scholars strikes a careful balance between depth and clarity, making it an essential companion for students exploring the modern security agenda.<br><br><strong>Key features:</strong><br>· Offers broad, easy-to-digest coverage of the key theories and concepts in Security Studies <br>· Brings together carefully edited contributions from international experts in the field, giving students insights from a range of leading scholars <br>· 'Think point' boxes challenge students to question their own assumptions, and help to develop critical thinking skills <br>· Case study boxes encourage students to connect theory and practice by demonstrating the real-world manifestations of political issues <br>· Includes coverage of critical Security Studies perspectives, including poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and post-human.<br>· Considers a broad range of traditional and non-traditional security issues, from inter-state armed conflict and nuclear weapons to security issues centring on the environment, crime and cyber-attacks<br>· Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support<br><br><strong>New to this edition:</strong><br>· Chapter 3 provides a new look on how liberal ideas underpin liberal internationalism and how these ideas have a long history of ordering international politics, but constantly find themselves contested, challenged, and in crisis.<br>· A new Chapter 13 on nonhuman security studies introduces students to this innovative approach to Security Studies, explaining the insecurities that arise for some humans, other species and non-sentient beings (rivers, mountains, etc

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780198895442

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

246 x 188 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Oxford University Press