Social Security category: 3077 books
Digital War
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Digital War offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of digital technologies upon the military, the media, the global public and the concept of ‘warfare’ itself.
This introductory textbook explores the range of uses of digital technology in contemporary warfare and conflict. The book...
After the Fall
Energy Security, Sustainable Development, and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
This edited volume examines the impacts of the 2014-2015 decline in the price of oil. Participants will examine the economic, social and political consequences on states and regions, along with their responses. The following questions will be examined: what were the impacts for countries experiencing...
by Nabila EL-Gabalawi
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, University of Birmingham (International Development Department- School of Public Policy), course: Conflict, Humanitarian Aid and Social Reconstruction , language: English, abstract:...
by Thorsten Volberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
Scientific Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,3, Ruhr-University of Bochum (Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict), course: European Master Programme, 23 entries in the bibliography,...
by Kristina Beckmann
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2003
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 70 / 1- (A-), South Bank University London (Humanities and Social Science), 24 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Since 1945, various groups...
Violent Extremism Online
New Perspectives on Terrorism and the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
This book explores the interface between terrorism and the internet and presents contemporary approaches to understanding violent extremism online.
The volume focuses on four issues in particular: terrorist propaganda on the internet; radicalisation and the internet; counter campaigns and approaches...
Terrorism and WMDs
Awareness and Response, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Terrorism and WMD’s, Second Edition provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Terrorist weapons and delivery methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated; as such, this book focuses on the chemistry and biology of WMDs, the development and...
Political Rebellion
Causes, outcomes and alternatives
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
This volume comprises key essays by Ted Robert Gurr on the causes and consequences of organized political protest and rebellion, its outcomes and strategies for conflict management.
From the Castro-inspired revolutionary movements of Latin America in the 1960s to Yugoslavia’s dissolution...
by Björn Kraußer
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,3, LMU Munich, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the reasons states have when deciding for or against their engagement in a humanitarian intervention....
Canadian State Trials, Volume II
Rebellion and Invasion in the Canadas, 1837-1839
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2002
This second volume of the Canadian State Trials series focuses on the largest state security crisis in 19th century Canada: the rebellions of 1837-1838 and associated patriot invasions in Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Québec). Historians have long debated the causes and implications of the...
by Steffen Blatt
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2003
Essay from the year 2000 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 71% (Distinction), Monash University Melbourne (School for Social and Political Inquiry), course: The Vietnam War, 20 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract:...
Forging China's Military Might
A New Framework for Assessing Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Among the most important issues in international security today are the nature and the global implications of China’s emergence as a world-class defense technology power. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Chinese defense industry has reinvented itself by emphasizing technological...
by Etienne Salborn
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,0, Management Center Innsbruck, course: Non-profit Management, Peace Studies, language: English, abstract: Relative peace since 2006, after 20 years of armed...
Cyber-War
The Anatomy of the Global Security Threat
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Cyber-War provides a critical assessment of current debates around the likelihood and impact of cyber warfare. Approaching the subject from a socio-political angle, it argues that destructive cyber war has not yet been seen, but could be a feature of future conflict.