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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Although the events that have come to be known as 9/11 happened over a decade ago, lingering effects from the tragedy remain in the everyday life of the US and Canada today. This special volume explores these effects, investigating how 9/11 and its aftermath have changed political and cultural discourses...
by Nassef M. Adiong
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: AA, Middle east technical university (Department of International Relations), course: Security Studies, language: English, abstract: The paper aims to present a probable...
National Security, Public Opinion and Regime Asymmetry
A Six-Country Study
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
New conventional wisdom posits that the public in democracies is inattentive but not really ignorant nor easily swayed, and indeed quite consistent and thoughtful when it comes to national security and foreign policy issues.
This volume builds on such a claim to study the attributes and impacts...
Security and Hybridity after Armed Conflict
The Dynamics of Security Provision in Post-Civil War States
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
This book examines the dynamics of security provision in international interventions in post-conflict states.
It focuses on how international security interventions – such as Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programmes, Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Armed Violence Reduction...
Security Expertise
Practice, Power, Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
This volume brings together scholars from different fields to explore the power, consequences and everyday practices of security expertise.
Expertise mediates between different forms of knowledge: scientific and technological, legal, economic and political knowledge. This book offers the first...
International Security Studies
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies.
In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial...
Elusive Security
States First, People Last
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2006
This clear and concise text offers a comprehensive comparison of national, international, and human security concepts and policies. Laura Neack argues that security remains elusive because of a centuries-old ethic insisting that states are the primary and most important international actors, can rely...
Human Security
Theory and Action
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Human security refers in its broadest sense to the protection of individuals from harm. Human Security: Theory and Action explores the theory and application of concepts central to this notion of security. It examines the conceptual roots of human security, connecting its origins to its applications...
Internal Security and Statebuilding
Aligning Agencies and Functions
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
This book examines international efforts to provide security in post-conflict sites and explains why internal security should be given precedence in statebuilding endeavours.
The work begins by exploring the evolution of security sectors in mature liberal democratic states, before examining...
Europeanization of National Security Identity
The EU and the changing security identities of the Nordic states
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
This new book tackles two key questions: 1) How is the EU functioning as a security actor? 2) How and to what extent is the EU affecting national security identities?
Focusing on the four largest Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), this incisive study analyzes how and to what...
by James Michel
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
“Fragility”—the combination of poor governance, limited institutional capability, low social cohesion, and weak legitimacy—leads to erosion of the social contract and diminished resilience, with significant implications for peace, security, and sustainable development. This study reviews how...
EU Security Strategies
Extending the EU System of Security Governance
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This volume offers a coherent analysis of the European Union’s security strategies within a comparative framework.
If the EU is to survive and prosper as an effective security actor, it requires that greater attention be devoted to taking a cohesive and common position on the relationship...
Understanding Security Practices in South Asia
Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This book explores the ways in which non-state actors (NSAs) in South Asia are involved in securitizing non-traditional security challenges in the region at the sub-state level.
South Asia is the epicentre of some of the most significant international security challenges today. Yet, the complexities...
Terror, Security, and Money:Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security
Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
In seeking to evaluate the efficacy of post-9/11 homeland security expenses--which have risen by more than a trillion dollars, not including war costs--the common query has been, "Are we safer?" This, however, is the wrong question. Of course we are "safer"--the posting of a single...