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.
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