Security Studies: An Introduction

Security Studies: An Introduction, 3rd edition, is a comprehensive textbook covering debates, frameworks, and issues on the contemporary security agenda, with new chapters on poststructuralism, postcolonialism, securitization, peace and violence, development, women, peace and security, cybersecurity, and outer space. It provides students with a detailed, accessible overview of the major theoretical approaches, key themes, and most significant issues within security studies, divided into four parts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 666 pages
Publication date: 12 March 2018
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Security Studies: An Introduction, 3rd edition, is the most comprehensive textbook available on the subject, providing students with an essential grounding in the debates, frameworks, and issues on the contemporary security agenda. This new edition has been comprehensively revised and updated, with new chapters added on poststructuralism, postcolonialism, securitization, peace and violence, development, women, peace and security, cybersecurity, and outer space. Divided into four parts, the text provides students with a detailed, accessible overview of the major theoretical approaches, key themes, and most significant issues within security studies.

Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches from both traditional and critical standpoints. Part 2 explains the central concepts underpinning contemporary debates. Part 3 presents an overview of the institutional security architecture. Part 4 examines some of the key contemporary challenges to global security. Collecting these related strands into a single textbook creates a valuable teaching tool and a comprehensive, accessible learning resource for undergraduates and MA students.

Weight: 1442g
Dimension: 186 x 255 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780415784894
Edition number: 3 New edition