Security: A New Framework for AnalysisTwo schools of thought now exist in security studies: traditionalists want to restrict the subject to politico-military issues; while wideners want to extend it to the economic, societal and environmental sectors. This book sets out a comprehensive statement of the new security studies, establishing the case for the broader agenda. |
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User Review - DanielClausen - LibraryThingOne might think of this book as a key effort to mainstream constructivist analysis in IR and show how security (or securitization) is used as an alternative and extreme form of politics. Buzan, Waever ... Read full review
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This book gives me very good understanding of global security and help me to make my research proposal
Contents
Conceptual Apparatus | 21 |
The Military Sector | 49 |
The Environmental Sector | 71 |
The Economic Sector | 95 |
The Societal Sector | 119 |
The Political Sector | 141 |
How Sectors Are Synthesized | 163 |
Conclusions | 195 |
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Acronyms | 231 |
About the Book 239 | |
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Security: A New Framework for Analysis Barry Buzan,Ole Wæver,Jaap de Wilde No preview available - 1998 |
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