With in-depth coverage of a wide range of issues, from terrorism, inter-state conflict, and nuclear deterrence to environmental security, health, and organized crime, Contemporary Security Studies is the definitive introduction to security studies. Bringing together leading scholars, it provides a student-friendly guide to traditional and critical theoretical approaches, as well the most important issues that dominate the modern security agenda.

Throughout the text, students are encouraged to question their own preconceptions and to use their own judgement to critically evaluate key approaches and ideas. To help them achieve this, each chapter is punctuated with helpful learning features including 'Key Ideas', 'Think Points' and case studies, which demonstrate the real world applications, relevance, and implications of the theory.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• A new chapter on regime security provides important insights on the insecurities confronting many regimes in the developing world.
• New content on liberal internationalism provides greater depth of coverage of international security cooperation and governance.
• A revised Chapter 8 on poststructuralism builds on students' understanding of critical approaches to security.
• Every chapter has been updated to reflect current political issues and developments in world affairs, such as the Trump presidency, the conflict in Syria, and new cyber security threats.

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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 Wæver and Barry Buzan: After the Return to Theory: The Past, Present, and Future of Security Studies

Edited by Alan Collins, Swansea University

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

Contributors:

• Explore relevant security issues in greater depth with additional online case studies.
• Test your understanding of the key ideas and themes in each chapter with self-marking multiple-choice questions.
• Expand your knowledge of the subject with web links to additional reliable sources.

• Use the adaptable PowerPoint slides as the basis for lecture presentations, or as hand-outs in class.

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

"This book provides depth of coverage of both theory and contemporary issues, and provides a definitive, student-friendly introduction to security studies. " - Dr Kamil Zwolski, University of Southampton