International security : an analytical survey
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International security : an analytical survey
Lynne Rienner, 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index
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: hc ISBN 9781588262738
Description
Michael Sheehan provides a masterly survey of the varied positions that scholars have adopted in interpreting ""security"", one of the most contested terms in international relations, and asks whether a synthesis is possible that both widens and deepens our understanding of the concept. Sheehan begins by outlining the classical realist approach of Morgenthau and Carr and the ideas of their neorealist heirs. He then explores how the economic security approach embraces both defense economics and human security from poverty and hunger; and how environmental security links environment and security in a fundamental challenge to the international political hierarchy. Next, tackling the various postpositivist perspectives on security, all of which stem from worldviews fundamentally different from that of realism, he explains the range of feminist thought on security, the ideas of the critical security school, and the main concerns of postmodern security theory. In conclusion, revealing his own interpretation of security, he makes the case for a postpositivist conception that links human emancipation, justice, and peace.
Table of Contents
Introduction. What Is Security? Realism and Security. Security Communities and Democratic Peace. The Broader Agenda. Economic Security. Societal Security. Environmental Security. Gender and Security. Postmodernism and Security. Critical Security. Conclusions.
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: pbk ISBN 9781588262981
Description
Michael Sheehan provides a masterly survey of the varied positions that scholars have adopted in interpreting "security", one of the most contested terms in international relations, and asks whether a synthesis is possible that both widens and deepens our understanding of the concept. Sheehan begins by outlining the classical realist approach of Morgenthau and Carr and the ideas of their neorealist heirs. He then explores how the economic security approach embraces both defense economics and human security from poverty and hunger; and how environmental security links environment and security in a fundamental challenge to the international political hierarchy. Next, tackling the various postpositivist perspectives on security, all of which stem from worldviews fundamentally different from that of realism, he explains the range of feminist thought on security, the ideas of the critical security school, and the main concerns of postmodern security theory. In conclusion, revealing his own interpretation of security, he makes the case for a postpositivist conception that links human emancipation, justice, and peace.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Realism and Security.
Security Communities and Democratic Peace.
The Broader Agenda.
Economic Security.
Societal Security.
Environmental Security.
Gender and Security.
Postmodernism and Security.
Critical Security.
Conclusions.
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