Contemporary Security Studies

This is an introductory textbook for students new to international security. The book is divided into three sections: differing approaches to the study of security; the broadening and deepening of security; and a range of traditional and non-traditional issues that have emerged on the security agenda.

1: Alan Collins: Introduction: What is Security Studies?; Approaches to Security; 2: Patrick Morgan: Security in International Politics: Traditional Approaches; 3: Paul Rogers: Peace Studies; 4: David Mutimer: Critical Security Studies: A Schismatic History; 5: Caroline Kennedy-Pipe: Gender and Security; 6: Pauline Kerr: Human Security; 7: Ralf Emmers: Securitization; Deepening & Broadening Security; 8: Eric Herring: Military Security; 9: Richard Jackson: Regime Security; 10: Paul Roe: Societal Security; 11: Jon Barnett: Environmental Security; 12: Christopher Dent: Economic Security; Traditional and Non-Traditional Security; 13: Peter Viggo Jakobsen: Coercive Diplomacy; 14: Stan Taylor: The Role of Intelligence in National Security; 15: James Wirtz: Weapons of Mass Destruction; 16: James Lutz & Brenda Lutz: Terrorism; 17: Joanna Spear & Neil Cooper: The Defence Trade; 18: Stefan Elbe: HIV/AIDS and Security; 19: Jeanne Giraldo & Harold Tinkunas: Transnational Crime; 20: Helen Brocklehurst: Children and War; 21: Ole Waever & Barry Buzan: After the Return to Theory: The Past, Present and Future of Security Studies