Understanding global security

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Title:

Author:

Hough, Peter, 1967-

ISBN:

9780415688390

9780415688406

Personal Author:

Hough, Peter, 1967-

Edition:

Third edition.

Publication Information:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Security and securitization -- Defining security -- The international political agenda -- The securitization of issues -- Key points -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 2.Military threats to security from states -- Prelude to the present order -- A New World Order? -- New World Disorder? -- An end to `high politics'? -- Is war inevitable? -- Key points -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 3.Threats to security from non-state actors -- One man's terrorist ... -- Types of political non-state military groups -- The rise of political non-state violence -- State responses to political non-state violence -- Key points -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 4.Economic threats to security -- Economic insecurity -- Famine -- Hunger -- Depression -- Economic statecraft -- Achieving global economic security -- Key points -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links --

Contents note continued: 5.Identity, society and insecurity -- Security and society -- Forms of violent discrimination -- Securing the individual: the global politics of human rights -- Towards universalism -- Key points -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 6.Environmental threats to security -- Introduction -- The rise of environmental issues in global politics -- The environment and military security -- Environmental issues themselves as threats to security -- Key points -- Note -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 7.Health threats to security -- The globalization of ill-health -- The development of global health policy -- The state securitization of health -- The human securitization of health -- The globalization of health security -- Key points -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 8.Natural threats to security -- Natural disasters -- The rise of human vulnerability to nature --

Contents note continued: Preparing for the unexpected: the global politics of natural disaster management -- Key points -- Note -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 9.Accidental threats to security -- Accidents will happen? The nature and form of human-made accidents -- The collateral damage of industrialization? The rise of accidental threats -- Securing those at risk in the world: international policy on accidents -- Key points -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 10.Criminal threats to security -- Introduction -- Global crime in historical context -- Webs of deceit: the rise in prominence of transnational crime -- Global policemen? The rise of international political action on crime -- Key points -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links -- 11.Towards global security? -- Thinking global: integration theories and global politics -- Acting global: global solutions to global problems -- Key points -- Motes -- Recommended reading -- Useful web links.

Subject Term:

Security, International.

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Summary

Fully revised to incorporate recent developments, this third edition of Understanding Global Security analyses 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 analysed alongside non-military security issues such as famine, crime, disease, disasters, environmental degradation and human rights abuses to provide a comprehensive survey of how and why people are killed in the contemporary world.

New to this edition:

Greater coverage of the evolving theoretical literature on security, including more analysis of critical theory perspectives and emerging schools of thought. A revamp of the sections examining the causes of inter-state war and counter-terrorism strategies. Analysis of key recent developments including the global economic recession, Haiti earthquake of 2010 and Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011. New quantitative analysis of the impact of global crime and environmental change. Greater evaluation of the divergences in how human security is interpreted and the future prospects for this way of thinking and acting in international relations.

User-friendly and easy to follow, this textbook is designed to make a complex subject accessible to all. Key features include:

¿Top ten¿ tables highlighting the most destructive events or forms of death in that areas throughout history. Boxed descriptions elaborating key concepts in the fields of security and International Relations. ¿Biographical boxes¿ of key individuals who have shaped security politics. Further reading and websites at the end of each chapter guiding you towards the most up-to-date information on the various topics. Glossary of political terminology.

This highly acclaimed and popular academic text will continue to be essential reading for everyone interested in security.