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Security Studies is the most comprehensive textbook available on security studies.
It gives students a detailed overview of the major theoretical approaches, key themes and most significant issues within security studies.
- Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches currently used within the field from realism to international political sociology.
- Part 2 explains the central concepts underpinning contemporary debates from the security dilemma to terrorism.
- Part 3 presents an overview of the institutional security architecture currently influencing world politics using international, regional and global levels of analysis.
- Part 4 examines some of the key contemporary challenges to global security from the arms trade to energy security.
- Part 5 discusses the future of security.
Security Studies provides a valuable teaching tool for undergraduates and MA students by collecting these related strands of the field together into a single coherent textbook.
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This is a textbook for students of international relations and international security. It does not deal with issues of social security.
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Format:Paperback
Perhaps one of the most overly wordy text books I have ever had the misfortune to read. Considering that this is a set book for my university course, I suppose that it must have intrinsic value, and admittedly after trudging through it for hours on end, one does feel that their knowledge on security issues has increased. This is particularly in regards to key definitions, and the kind of specific, technical knowledge that essay markers love. This, however, comes at the cost of the text book being incredibly boring, and thus nigh on impossible to read while high. Therefore, this book is probably of use when cramming for exams, but is too dull to read for pleasure.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great intro to Security. It is very clear and easy to digest, and covers most contemporary issues.
3 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book as an International Security student to brush up on my International Relations theoretical frameworks. The first part of the book is good for this, but I imagine any basic IR introduction would have done just as well (and been cheaper). As far as Security goes it is extremely basic - very little of substance that you couldn't get from just reading a newspaper occasionally, and at times pure waffle. Good enough, I suppose, if you're an IR undergrad doing a Security module but totally inadequate for any deeper study.
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