(Ebook) Security studies : an introduction by Williams, Paul D. ISBN 9780203122570, 9780203926604, 9781136333477, 0203122577, 0203926609, 1136333479

(Ebook) Security studies : an introduction by Williams, Paul D. ISBN 9780203122570, 9780203926604, 9781136333477, 0203122577, 0203926609, 1136333479

"Comprehensively revised for the new edition including new chapters on Polarity, Culture, Intelligence, and the Academic and Policy Worlds, it continues to give students a detailed overview of the major theoretical approaches, key themes and most significant issues within security studies. Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches currently used within the field from realism to international political sociology. Part 2 explains the central concepts underpinning contemporary debates from the security dilemma to terrorism. Part 3 presents an overview of the institutional security architecture currently influencing world politics using international, regional and global levels of analysis. Part 4 examines some of the key contemporary challenges to global security from the arms trade to energy security. Part 5 discusses the future of security."--Provided by publisher.