This new and updated edition of International Security Studies provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies to illustrate theoretical debates. 
In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial topics in covering both traditional military and non-military security issues such as WMD proliferation, humanitarian intervention, food security and environmental security. The volume also offers a wide range of case studies providing detailed analyses of important global security issues. 
The 37 chapters contain pedagogical features and recommended further reading and are divided into five thematic sections: Conceptual and Theoretical Military Security Non-Military Security Institutions and Security Case Studies 
Updates for the second edition include: New chapters on cybersecurity and the insecurity of the LGBT community. Substantial revisions to existing chapters to incorporate analysis of important international political developments, including the Trump Presidency; ‘Brexit’; North Korean nuclear standoff; the Syrian Civil War; Yemen Civil War; Mediterranean migration crisis; Climate change diplomacy and the Sustainable Development Goals. 
This textbook will be essential reading for all students of security studies and highly recommended for students of critical security studies, human security, peace and conflict studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general.

International Security Studies: Theory and Practice

Hough, Peter

Pilbeam, Bruce

Stokes, Wendy

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Routledge

This new and updated edition of International Security Studies provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies to illustrate theoretical debates. In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial topics in covering both traditional military and non-military security issues such as WMD proliferation, humanitarian intervention, food security and environmental security. The volume also offers a wide range of case studies providing detailed analyses of important global security issues. The 37 chapters contain pedagogical features and recommended further reading and is divided into five thematic sections: * Conceptual and Theoretical * Military Security * Non-Military Security * Institutions and Security * Case Studies Updates for the second edition include: * New chapters on cybersecurity and the insecurity of the LGBT community * Substantial revisions to existing chapters to incorporate analysis of important international political developments including: the Trump Presidency; 'Brexit'; North Korean nuclear standoff; the Syrian Civil War; Yemen Civil War; Mediterranean migration crisis; Climate change diplomacy and the Sustainable Development Goals. This textbook will be essential reading for all students of security studies and highly recommended for students of critical security studies, human security, peace and conflict studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general.

International Security Studies

This textbook offers a student-friendly survey of the global politics of the environment through the prism of security studies. 
This book is divided into three thematic sections. The first part sets out the key theoretical and practical arguments for and against bringing together environmental and security issues. The second part examines why environmental issues have been framed by some as ‘national security‘ concerns in the context of the effects of overpopulation, resource depletion, climate change and the role of the military as both a cause and a solution to problems of pollution and natural disasters. Finally, the third section explores the case for treating the key issues of environmental change as matters of human security. The chapters have been updated to include the 2015 Paris Climate Change Accords, the Trump and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and there is a new chapter on environmental history. Overall, the book provides a clear, systematic and thorough overview of an area of great academic and ‘real-world’ political interest. 
This book will be essential reading for students of environmental studies, critical and human security, human geography, development studies, and International Relations in general.

Environmental Security

Environmental Security: An Introduction

Understanding Global Security

International security has once again become a crucial issue in the post-September 11th world. This textbook introduces students to the core issues of both 'hard' security, which dominated the Cold War, and the 'soft' security that has emerged since, in a clear and concise format that is easy to follow. Understanding Global Security uses helpful case studies to illustrate the key concepts behind the increasing number of non-military threats to security such as terrorism, ethnic rivalries and transnational crime, whilst still exploring the more conventional areas such as war, nuclear weapons and the balance of power. A highly topical account that includes discussion of the 2003 Iraq War, this is the best introductory textbook for students of security studies, strategic studies and international relations. Key content includes: <ul>
<li>defining security and the international political agenda </li> <li>military threats from states and non-state actors </li> <li>social identity and the economy as threats to security </li> <li>environmental and health threats </li> <li>terrorism </li> <li>natural, man-made and criminal threats </li> <li>future of security.</li>
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Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Fully revised to incorporate recent developments in world politics, the second edition of Understanding Global Security analyzes the variety of ways in which people's lives are threatened and/or secured in contemporary global politics. The traditional focus of Security Studies texts - war, deterrence and terrorism - are analyzed alongside non-military security issues such as famine, crime, disease, disasters, environmental degredation and human rights abuses to provide a comprehensive survey of how and why people are killed in the contemporary world. New features to this edition include: <ul>
<li>analysis of key international political events of recent years such as the War in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the Israeli incursion into Lebanon</li> <li>recent developments in the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the ‘war against terror’</li> <li>new data on deaths attributable to global warming and the contribution played by this in ‘securitizing’ the issue on the agendas of sceptical states</li> <li>examinations of ‘lifestyle illnesses’, largely spread by the diffusion of Western culture, like smoking or diabetes</li> <li>greater analysis of recent diplomatic and institutional developments in the area of security: the Human Security Network and the UN Commission on Human Security.</li> </ul> User friendly and easy to follow, this textbook is designed to make a complex subject accessible to all. Key features include: <ul>
<li>‘top ten’ tables highlighting the most destructive events or forms of death in that area throughout history</li> <li>boxed descriptions elaborating key concepts in the field of security and International Relations</li> <li>‘biographical boxes’ of key individuals who have shaped world events</li> <li>further reading and websites at the end of each chapter guiding you towards the most up-to-date information on various topics</li> <li>glossary of political terminology.</li>
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This highly acclaimed and popular academic text will continue to be essential reading for everyone interested in security.

This student-friendly textbook offers a survey of the competing conceptions and applications of the increasingly prominent notion of environmental security.  The book is divided into three sections. In the first, the key theoretical and practical arguments for and against bringing together environmental and security issues are set out. The book then goes on to present how and why environmental issues have come to be framed in some quarters as ‘national security‘ concerns in the context of the effects of overpopulation, resource depletion, climate change and the role of the military as both a cause and a solution to problems of pollution and natural disasters. Finally, the third section explores the case for treating the key issues of environmental change as matters of human security. Overall, the book will provide a clear, systematic and thorough overview of all dimensions of an area of great academic and ‘real-world’ political interest but one that has rarely been set out in an accessible textbook format hitherto.   This book will be essential reading for students of environmental studies, critical and human security, global governance, development studies, and IR in general.

History

Military

This student-friendly textbook offers a survey of the competing conceptions and applications of the increasingly prominent notion of environmental security. The book is divided into three sections. In the first, the key theoretical and practical arguments for and against bringing together environmental and security issues are set out. The book then goes on to present how and why environmental issues have come to be framed in some quarters as ‘national security‘ concerns in the context of the effects of overpopulation, resource depletion, climate change and the role of the military as both a cause and a solution to problems of pollution and natural disasters. Finally, the third section explores the case for treating the key issues of environmental change as matters of human security. Overall, the book will provide a clear, systematic and thorough overview of all dimensions of an area of great academic and ‘real-world’ political interest but one that has rarely been set out in an accessible textbook format hitherto. This book will be essential reading for students of environmental studies, critical and human security, global governance, development studies, and IR in general.

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International Security Studies: Theory and Practice

International Security Studies

Environmental Security

Environmental Security: An Introduction

Understanding Global Security

Understanding Global Security

Understanding Global Security

Understanding Global Security

Environmental Security: An Introduction

Environmental Security: An Introduction