An Introduction
'I use Critical Security Studies as a required reading for my courses in Paris and London - it is in my view the best introduction to the topic and this second edition is very welcome.' -- Didier Bigo, King's College London, UK 'Combining breadth and accessibility with cutting-edge contributions, the second edition of this book provides an excellent overview of critical security studies today.' -- Michael C. Williams, University of Ottawa, Canada 'This second edition gives us a most welcome update of what remains a key introduction to critical security studies. It is great to see the most recent developments in this vibrant field of research included.' -- Jef Huysmans, Open University, UK 'In mapping the recent advances and debates in the vibrant field of critical security studies, this book will be crucially important to students and scholars alike. Critical Security Studies: An Introduction highlights a different topography of critical approaches to security, which is more complex, layered and messy than existing maps have allowed us to see. The book is thus more than an introduction to the field - it is an injunction to rethink the political-theoretical underpinnings in critical approaches and take the debates further.'-- Claudia Aradau, King's College London, UK
Columba Peoples is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol and author of Justifying Ballistic Missile Defence (2010). Nick Vaughan-Williams is Reader in International Security in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, and author of Border Politics: The Limits of Sovereign Power (2009).
Introduction: Mapping Critical Security Studies, and Travelling Without Maps PART I: Approaches 1. Constructivist Theories 2. Critical Theory 3. Feminist and Gender approaches to Security 4. Postcolonial perspectives 5. Poststructuralism and International Political Sociology 6. Securitization Theory PART II: Issues 7. Environmental Security 8. Health 9. Homeland Security and the 'War against Terrorism' 10. Human Security and Development 11. Migration and Border Security 12. Technology and Warfare in the Information Age