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"Security Studies: An Introduction, 4th edition, is the most comprehensive textbook available on the subject, providing students with in-depth coverage of traditional and critical approaches and an essential grounding in the debates, frameworks, and issues of the contemporary security agenda. This new edition has been completely revised and updated, to cover major developments such as COVID-19, the rise of populism, climate change, China and Russia's place in the world, and the Trump administration. It also includes new chapters on great power rivalry, new technologies, and economic threats. Divided into four parts, the text provides students with a detailed, accessible overview of the major theoretical approaches, key themes, and most significant issues within security studies. Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches from both traditional and critical standpoints Part 2 explains the central concepts underpinning contemporary debates Part 3 presents an overview of the institutional security architecture Part 4 examines some of the key contemporary challenges to global security Collecting these related strands into a single textbook creates a valuable teaching tool and a comprehensive, accessible learning resource for undergraduates and MA students"--

This textbook introduces students to the sub-field of critical security studies through a detailed yet accessible survey of emerging theories and practices. This 3rd edition contains two new chapters - on 'Ontological Security' and '(In)Security and the everyday' - and has been fully revised and updated. Written in an accessible and clear manner, Critical Security Studies: offers a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to critical security studies locates critical security studies within the broader context of social and political theory evaluates fundamental theoretical positions in critical security studies against backdrop of new security challenges. The book is divided into two main parts. Part I, 'Approaches', surveys the newly extended and contested theoretical terrain of critical security studies: Constructivist theories, Critical Theory, Feminist and gender approaches, Postcolonial perspectives, Poststructuralism and International Political Sociology, Ontological security, and Securitisation theory. Part II, 'Issues', examines how these various theoretical approaches have been put to work in critical considerations of environmental and planetary security, health, human security and development, technology and warfare, migration and border security, (in)security and the everyday, and terror, risk and resilience. The historical and geographical scope of the book is deliberately broad and each of the chapters in Part II concretely illustrates one or more of the approaches discussed in Part I, with clear internal referencing allowing the text to act as a holistic learning tool for students.

A concluding chapter outlines a critical theory of security that has the potential to meet the challenges of today's complex world. The conceptual framework is based on the critical theory tradition established by the Frankfurt School & the radical tradition in international relations theory. Four themes that emerge from critical theory tradition are: 1) knowledge is a social process; 2) there are serious flaws in naturalism & reductionism; 3) critical theory provides a basis for political/social progress: 4) the test of theory is emancipation. Four themes that emerge from radical international relations tradition are: A) human society is its own invention; B) politics among nations has been dominated by regressive theories; C) the state & other institutions must be denaturalized; D) progressive world order values should inform an international politics committed to improving world security. An examination of the contending approaches of feminism, postmodernism/poststructuralism, securitization studies, & constructivism is followed by a look at the importance of pluralism & the policy-relevant nature of this framework of critical security theory. J. Lindroth