<p><strong>‘Overall, this is the best available introduction to the field for graduate students, academics, and practitioners. Highly Recommended.’</strong> -- <em>CHOICE review of the first edition</em></p>

This revised and updated second edition features over twenty new chapters and offers a wide-ranging collection of cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Security Studies. The field of Security Studies has undergone significant change during the past 20 years, and is now one of the most dynamic sub-disciplines within International Relations. This second edition has been significantly updated to address contemporary and emerging security threats with chapters on organised crime, migration and security, cyber-security, energy security, the Syrian conflict and resilience, amongst many others. Comprising articles by both established and up-and-coming scholars, The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the key contemporary topics of research and debate in the field of Security Studies. The volume is divided into four main parts: • Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Security • Part II: Security Challenges • Part III: Regional (In)Security• Part IV: Security Governance This new edition of the Handbook is a benchmark publication with major importance for both current research and the future of the field. It will be essential reading for all scholars and students of Security Studies, War and Conflict Studies, and International Relations.
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This new edition of the Handbook of Security Studies offers a wide-ranging collection of cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Security Studies. The 2nd edition has been substantially updated throughout and features 23 completely new chapters.
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Introduction, Thierry Balzacq and Myriam Dunn Cavelty Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Security1. Realism and Security Studies, William C. Wohlforth2. Liberalism: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment, Thomas C. Walker and David L. Rousseau3. International Political Economy and Security, Heikki Patomäki4. The English School and International Security, Barry Buzan5. Critical Security Studies, David Mutimer6. Constructivism and Securitization Studies, Juha Vuori7. Poststructuralist Approaches to Security, Claudia Aradau and Rens van Munster8. Feminist Security Studies, Annick T.R. Wibben9. Postcolonialism: Interrogating National Security and Drone Warfare, Sheila Nair10. Human Security: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv11. Risk and Security, Karen Lund Petersen12. Security as Practice, Christian BuegerPart II: Security Challenges 13. Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Oldrich Bures 14. Organised Crime , Adam Edwards15. Migration and Security, Jef Huysmans and Vicki Squire16. Cyber-Security, Ronald Deibert17. War, Christopher Coker18. Ethnic and Religious Violence, Delphine Alles19. Energy Security, Robert W. Orttung 20. Resources, the Environment, and Conflict, Nils Petter Gleditsch and Ole Magnus Theisen21. Pandemics and Global Health, Simon Rushton and Sonja KittelsenPart III: Regional (In)Security 22. China’s Rise: Counterproductive Fearmongering, Jiun Bang and David C. Kang23. Indian Security Policy, Sumit Ganguly 24. Afghanistan: A State in Limbo, Amin Saikal 25. Iran, Rouzbeh Parsi26. Intervention in Iraq: From Regime Change to De Facto Partition, Gareth Stansfield27. The Syrian Crisis and International Security, Raymond Hinnebusch28. Israel-Palestine: An Archipelago of (In)Security, Nada Ghandour-Demiri29. Analysing Drug Violence in Mexico, Kimberly Heinle, Octavio Rodríguez and David A. Shirk30. Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pierre Englebert 31. Russia’s Revival, Jeffrey MankoffPart IV: Security Governance32. Alliances, Carlo Masala and Alessandro Scheffler Corvaja33. International Sanctions, Olivier Schmitt34. Deterrence, Richard Ned Lebow35. Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Wilfred Wan36. Public Diplomacy in a National Security Context, Nancy Snow37. Statebuilding, Tobias Debiel and Patricia Rinck38. Humanitarian Intervention, Aidan Hehir39. Global Security Governance, Thomas J. Biersteker40. Resilience, David Chandler41. The Study of Crisis Management, Arjen Boin, Magnus Ekengren and Mark Rhinard42. ‘Killer Robots’ and Preventive Arms Control, Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Sophie-Charlotte Fischer and Thierry Balzacq
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138803930
Publisert
2016-07-13
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
1070 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
174 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
UP, P, 05, 06
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
480

Om bidragsyterne

Myriam Dunn Cavelty is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of research and teaching at the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She is the author of Cyber-Security and Threat Politics: US Efforts to Secure the Information Age (Routledge, 2008).

Thierry Balzacq is Professor and Tocqueville Chair in International Relations at the University of Namur, Belgium, and Scientific Director at the Institute for Strategic Research at the French Ministry of Defense. His most recent books include Contesting Security (Routledge, 2014), and TraitĂŠ de Relations Internationales (co-edited with F. Ramel, 2013).