Title
The evolution of international security studies [electronic resource] / Barry Buzan, Lene Hansen.
ISBN
9780521872614
0521872618
9780521694223 paperback
0521694221 paperback
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 384 p.) : ill.
Call Number
JZ5588 .B887 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
355/.033
Summary
"International Security Studies (ISS) has changed and diversified in many ways since 1945. This book provides the first intellectual history of the development of the subject in that period. It explains how ISS evolved from an initial concern with the strategic consequences of superpower rivalry and nuclear weapons, to its current diversity in which environmental, economic, human and other securities sit alongside military security, and in which approaches ranging from traditional Realist analysis to Feminism and Post-colonialism are in play. It sets out the driving forces that shaped debates in ISS, shows what makes ISS a single conversation across its diversity, and gives an authoritative account of debates on all the main topics within ISS. This is an unparalleled survey of the literature and institutions of ISS which will be an invaluable guide for all students and scholars of ISS, whether traditionalist, 'new agenda' or critical"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-364) and indexes.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Defining international security studies
The key questions in international security studies : the state, politics, and epistemology
The driving forces behind the evolution of international security studies
Strategic studies, deterrence, and the Cold War
The Cold War challenge to national security
International security studies post-Cold War : the traditionalists
Widening and deepening security
Responding to 9/11 : a return to national security?.
