International Security Studies Neari Rivers
- ISBN: 9781788823531
- Edition: 1st
- ©Year: 2020
- List Price : 150
About the Book
This acclaimed curricular book provides a comprehensive review in the field of peace, justice, and security studies. This book is a small step in developing a better understanding of these issues. The chapters collected here represent many of the facets of this argument presented by key scholars collectively in this field. We believe that this book based research chapters will be helpful to the both decision-makers and the general public. In this nuclear age, this book will make a new contribution to promoting peace, progress and security. Now nuclear weapons threaten to destroy not only everything that our civilization has created over the age but life on earth as well, reason must triumph while there is still time. In keeping with the multifaceted nature of the subject, multiple perspectives, among them political science, philosophy, religious studies, sociology, and anthropology, are fully represented in this indispensable resource.
Contents: 1. The Traditional Routes to Security: Realism and Liberalism,
2. Challenging Orthodoxy: Critical Security Studies, 3. Feminist Security,
4. Human Security, 5. Military Security, 6. Non-military Security, 7. Institutions and Security, 8. Case Studies.
Neari Rivers is Deputy Director and Head of Research of the Center for Security Studies and Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities. His recent publications include Cyber-Security and Threat Politics. His books include International Security Studies, War and Conflict in Africa; British Foreign Policy under New Labor, Understanding Peacekeeping; Security and Development in Global Politics: A Critical Comparison and The International Politics. Neari Rivers' new textbook brings together key scholars to introduce students to the fast-evolving field of security studies. He has published and broadcast extensively in thefield of international Security.