Contemporary Security Studies

Dr Torsten Michel, University of Bristol A comprehensive and well-balanced introduction to the complex field of security studies, providing a wealth of conceptual and empirical material to give students a well-grounded and representative overview of a dynamic and rapidly changing area of study.

Alan Collins is a Professor in International Relations at Swansea University

1: Alan Collins: Introduction Part 1: Approaches to Security 2: Charles L. Glaser: Realism 3: Patrick Morgan, with Alan Collins: Liberalism and Liberal Internationalism 4: Eric Herring: Historical Materialism 5: Paul Rogers: Peace Studies 6: Christine Agius: Social Constructivism 7: David Mutimer, with Derek Verbakel: Critical Security Studies: A Schismatic History 8: Marshall Beier: Critical Security Studies II - Narratives of Security: Other Stories, Other Actors 9: Mark Laffey and Suthaharan Nadarajah: Postcolonialism 10: Randolph B. Persaud: Human Security 11: Caroline Kennedy and Sophia Dingli: Gender 12: Catarina Thomson and Stephane Baele: Securitization 13: Galia Press-Barnathan: Popular Culture Part 2: Deepening and Broadening Security 14: Mike Sheehan: Military Security 15: Andreas Krieg: Regime Security 16: Paul Roe: Societal Security 17: Geoffrey Dabelko: Environmental Security 18: Gary Shiffman: Economic Security 19: Nana K. Poku and Jacqueline Therkelsen: Development and Security Part 3: Traditional and Non-Traditional Security 20: Peter Viggo Jakobsen: Coercive Diplomacy: Countering War-Threatening Crimes and Armed Conflicts 21: James J. Wirtz: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Proliferation 22: James Lutz and Brenda Lutz: Terrorism 23: Alex Bellamy and Stephen McLoughlin: Humanitarian Intervention 24: Doug Stokes and Sam Raphael: Energy Security 25: Suzette Grillot: The Weapons Trade 26: Stefan Elbe and Eva Hilberg: Health 27: Nathan Jones: Transnational Crime 28: Myriam Dunn Cavelty: Cyber-security 29: Barry Buzan and Ole Waever: Security Studies Past, Present & Future