Seeking security in an insecure world / Dan Caldwell and Robert E. Williams Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caldwell, Dan.

Contributor:

Williams, Robert E., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

National security.

Internal security.

Economic security.

Security (Psychology).

Threat (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

Now in a thoroughly updated edition, this comprehensive yet concise introduction to international security explores the constantly changing conditions that lead to an insecure world. The text offers a broad overview of both traditional and 'new' conceptions of security. With clear and lively prose, compelling examples, and solid scholarship, it engages both students of international relations and general readers who wish to gain a better understanding of what security means today and how it can best be achieved.

Contents:

1 The Meaning of Security Today 1

Part I Traditional Sources of Insecurity

2 Conventional Weapons and War 25

3 Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Arms Control 47

4 Chemical and Biological Weapons 63

5 The Terrorist Threat 81

6 The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 101

Part II New Sources of Insecurity

7 Infectious Disease and Health Insecurity 119

8 Transnational Criminal Organizations and Trafficking 137

9 Insecurity in Cyberspace 153

Part III Political And Social Conditions of Insecurity

10 The State of the State (I): The Transformation of National Security 179

11 The State of the State (II): The Rise of Human Security 195

12 Economics and Security 213

13 The Environment and Security 227

14 Seeking Security in an Insecure World 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442208032

1442208031

9781442208049

144220804X

9781442208056

1442208058

OCLC:

702647542