TY - BOOK ID - 7672508 TI - Security and international relations PY - 2005 SN - 0521001161 0521806437 9780521806435 9780511614903 9780521001168 0511130813 9780511130816 0511128657 9780511128653 0511129289 9780511129285 051161490X 1281836826 9781281836823 1107143926 9781107143920 0511561385 9780511561382 051120051X PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - #SBIB:327.5H00 KW - #SBIB:327.5H10 KW - Strategie en vredesonderzoek: algemeen KW - Strategie: algemeen KW - International relations. KW - Military policy. KW - Security, International. KW - International relations KW - Security, International KW - Military policy KW - Collective security KW - International security KW - Disarmament KW - International organization KW - Peace KW - Defense policy KW - Military readiness KW - Military history KW - Sociology, Military KW - War KW - National security KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Political aspects KW - Énergie nucléaire KW - Géopolitique KW - Mondialisation KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Conflits KW - Menaces KW - Politique de securite KW - Vie internationale-theorie des relations internationales UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7672508 AB - This textbook presents security studies as a branch of international relations theory, providing readers with the critical conceptual tools to develop their expertise. The author evaluates the claims of rival theories - realism, neorealism, liberal institutionalism, classical economic liberalism, and Marxism - to explain why international actors choose or eschew force and coercive threats in order to elicit favorable outcomes in their interdependent exchanges. Also discussed are behaviorism and constructivism, contesting approaches to validate prevailing security paradigms. The author argues that only an interdisciplinary approach to security, drawing on the insights of each perspective, can meet the rigorous requirements of testable theory and the practical needs of actors in an increasingly globalizing world. The book will provide students and scholars of international relations and security studies with a valuable survey of the subject, and includes essay questions and guides to further reading. ER -