Contemporary Security Studies

1 Alan Collins: Introduction: What is Security Studies?; Part 1: Approaches to Security; 2 Charles L. Glaser: Realism; 3 Patrick Morgan: Liberalism and Liberal Internationalism; 4 Eric Herring: Historical Materialism; 5 Paul Rogers: Peace Studies; 6 Christine Agius: Social Constructivism; 7 David Mutimer: Critical Security Studies: A Schismatic History; 8 J. Marshall Beier: Poststructural Insights: Making Subjects and Objects of Security; 9 Mark Laffey and Suthaharan Nadarajah: Postcolonialism; 10 Randolph B. Persaud: Human Security; 11 Caroline Kennedy and Sophia Dingli: Gender and Security; 12 Ralf Emmers: Securitization; Part 2: Deepening and Broadening Security; 13 Michael Sheehan: Military Security; 14 Andreas Krieg: Regime Security; 15 Paul Roe: Societal Security; 16 Jon Barnett and Geoffrey Dabelko: Environmental Security; 17 Gary M. Shiffman: Economic Security; 18 Nana K. Poku and Jacqueline Therkelsen: Globalization, Development, and Security; Part 3: Traditional and Non-Traditional Security; 19 Peter Viggo Jakobsen: Coercive Diplomacy: Countering War-Threatening Crises and Armed Conflicts; 20 James J. Wirtz: Weapons of Mass Destruction; 21 Brenda Lutz and James Lutz: Terrorism; 22 Alex J. Bellamy and Stephen McLoughlin: Humanitarian Intervention; 23 Sam Raphael and Doug Stokes: Energy Security; 24 Suzette R. Grillot: The Weapons Trade; 25 Stefan Elbe: Health and Security; 26 Harold Trinkunas: Transnational Crime; 27 Myriam Dunn Cavelty: Cyber-Security; 28 Ole Waever and Barry Buzan: After the Return to Theory: The Past, Present, and Future of Security Studies

Alan Collins is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Swansea University.

Review from previous edition Accessible in its approach, logical in its structure, impressive in its coverage without being superficial, and genuinely absorbing to read. Dr Alexander Mackenzie, University of Liverpool