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Contemporary Security Studies
Fifth Edition
Edited by Alan Collins
- Offers broad coverage of contemporary security studies, giving lecturers the flexibility to use the text in a way that directly supports their teaching.
- Provides a depth of coverage of theories and concepts, unmatched by any other security studies textbook.
- Brings together carefully edited contributions from international experts in the field, giving students insights from a range of leading scholars.
- Challenges students to question their own assumptions, encouraging the development of critical thinking skills.
- Includes coverage of critical security studies perspectives, including poststructuralism and postcolonialism.
- Considers a broad range of traditional and non-traditional security issues, from inter-state armed conflict and nuclear weapons to security issues centring on the environment, crime and cyber-attacks.
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.