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100 1 _aCOLLINS Alan
245 _aContemporary security studies /
_cedited by Alan Collins
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford Univ Press,
_c2007
300 _axxvii, 444 p.
520 _aSecurity studies is described in the introduction as the primary sub-discipline of international relations, while strategic studies is a sub-field of security studies. This book is arranged in three main sections: approaches to security, deepening and broadening security, and traditional and non-traditional security. There are many well known contributors e.g. Paul Rogers on peace studies, Ralph Emmers on securitization, Eric Herring on military security, Brenda and James Lutz on terrorism, Jeanne Giraldo on transnational crime, James Wirtz on WMD. Every chapter concludes with study questions, further readings and related websites. The related online resource centre includes 4 additional case studies: Iraq War 2003, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and migration, and several learning aids.
650 _aINTERNATIONAL SECURITY
856 _uhttp://www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/collins
_zOnline Resource Centre
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