Security Studies

A Reader

Edited by Christopher W. Hughes

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-32601-8
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1st July 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
• Pages: 400

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About the Book

This read offers students an informed overview of the most significant work in security studies and features contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field. It is divided into the following sections:

• what is security?
• theories of security
• security dimensions and issues
• security frameworks and actors
• the future of security.

In order to guide students through the issues, the book has a substantial critical introduction exploring the development of security studies, as well as introductions to each section and editorial commentary on the readings themselves. Suggestions for further reading and questions for discussion are also included in each section.

Security Studies will be invaluable for students of security studies and international relations.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: What is Security? 1. National Security as an Ambiguous Symbol 2. Violence, Peace and Peace Research 3. Redefining Security 4. People States and Fear 5. Security and Emancipation 6. Revisioning Security 7. The Concept of Security 8. Feminism and Security 9. The Periphery as the Core 10. Human Security 11. The Renaissance of Security Studies 12. Security Analysis Part 2: Security Paradigms 13. The Utopian Background 14. A Realist Theory of International Politics 15. The Concept of Order in World Politics 16. Anarchic Orders and Balances of Power 17. Cooperation under the Security Dilemma 18. The False Promise of International Institutions 19. Clausewitz Rules OK? 20. Economics and the Moral Case of War 21. Neoliberal Institutionalism 22. Liberalism and World Politics 23. A Neo-Kantian Perspective 24. Anarchy is What States Make of It 25. Norms, Identity and National Security in Germany and Japan Part 3: Security Dimensions and Issues 26. Deterrence Theory Revisited 27. 'The Action-Reaction Model' and 'The Domestic Structure Model' 28. The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 29. The Changing Forms of Military Conflict 30. The So-Called Revolution in Military Affairs 31. Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict 32. Security, Stability and International Migration 33. Transnational Criminal Organizations and International Security 34. Transnational Crime, Drugs and Security in East Asia 35. AIDS and International Security 36. Political Economy in Security Studies after the Cold War Part 4: Security Frameworks and Actors 37. The Long Peace 38. The Unipolar Illusion: Why New Great Powers will Rise 39. The Security Dilemma in Alliance Politics 40. Why Alliances Endure or Collapse 41. Multilateralism 42. Security Regimes 43. Nuclear Learning and US-Soviet Security Regimes 44. Imagined (Security) Communities 45. The Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping 46. NATO's 'Humanitarian War' over Kosovo 47. Why Economic Sanctions Do Not Work 48. Outsourcing War Part 5: The Future of Security 49. New Patterns of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century 50. Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War 51. China, the US-Japan Alliance and the Security Dilemma in East Asia 52. Structural Realism after the Cold War 53. Star Wars Strikes Back 54. New and Old Wars 55. Globalization and the Study of International Security 56. Postmodern Terrorism 57. What's in a Name

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