Contemporary Security Studies is the definitive introduction to Security Studies, focussing on the key theoretical approaches and most important issues that dominate the modern security agenda. With an expert team of leading scholars providing unmatched depth of coverage, this is the most relevant, up-to-date guide to the subject available.

1.INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS SECURITY STUDIES? - ALAN COLLINS, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY; PART 1: APPROACHES TO SECURITY; 2. REALISM - CHARLES L. GLASER, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO; 3. LIBERALISM - PATRICK MORGAN, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE; 4. HISTORICAL MATERIALISM - ERIC HERRING, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL; 5. PEACE STUDIES - PAUL ROGERS, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD; 6. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM - CHRISTINE AGIUS, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; 7. CRITICAL SECURITY STUDIES: A SCHISMATIC HISTORY - DAVID MUTIMER, YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO; 8. CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS: SUBJECTS. OBJECTS AND SECURITY - J. MARSHALL BEIER, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY; 9. POSTCOLONIALISM - MARK LAFFEY AND SUTHAHARAN NADARAJAH, SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; 10. HUMAN SECURITY - RANDOLPH B. PERSAUD, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON DC; 11. GENDER AND SECURITY - CAROLINE KENNEDY AND SOPHIA DINGLI, UNIVERSITY OF HULL; 12. SECURITIZATION - RALF EMMERS, RSIS, SINGAPORE; PART 2: DEEPENING AND BROADENING SECURITY; 13. MILITARY SECURITY - MIKE SHEEHAN, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY; 14. REGIME SECURITY - RICHARD JACKSON, ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY; 15. SOCIETAL SECURITY - PAUL ROE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY; 16. ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY - JON BARNETT, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE; 17. ECONOMIC SECURITY - GARY M. SHIFFMAN, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; 18. GLOBALIZATION, DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY - NANA K POKU AND JACQUELINE THERKELSEN, , UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL; PART 3: TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY; 19. COERCIVE DIPLOMACY: COUNTERING WAR-THREATENING CRISES AND ARMED CONFLICTS - PETER VIGGO JAKOBSEN, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN; 20. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND PROLIFERATION - JAMES J. WIRTZ, US NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL; 21. TERRORISM - JAMES LUTZ AND BRENDA LUTZ, INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE; 22. HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION - ALEX J. BELLAMY, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY; 23. ENERGY SECURITY - DOUG STOKES, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER AND SAM RAPHAEL, KINGSTON UNIVERSITY; 24.THE WEAPONS TRADE - SUZETTE R. GRILLOT, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA; 25. HEALTH AND SECURITY - STEFAN ELBE, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX; 26. TRANSNATIONAL CRIME - HAROLD TRINKUNAS, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION AND JEANNE GIRALDO, US NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AND HAROLD TRINKUNAS, BROOKINGS INSTITUTION; 27. CYBER-SECURITY - MYRIAM DUNN CAVELTY, ETH ZURICH; 28. AFTER THE RETURN TO THEORY: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF SECURITY STUDIES - BARRY BUZAN, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, AND OLE WAEVER, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

Students appreciate this textbook, and for good reason. It provides a clear introduction to the major theories of international security, as well as a useful range of empirical content to bridge the study of traditional and non-traditional threats. * Frank L. Smith III, University of Sydney *The ideal introduction to Security Studies today, with the breadth and scope one would need for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike. * Professor David Galbreath, University of Bath *Review from previous edition This comprehensive volume is a must for any security studies course. It provides a systematic overview of all the key debates in a clear and approachable way, and provides plenty of further reading and resources for students. * Dr Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik, Aston University *The study of international security - and even the concept of security itself - is complex, contested, and constantly in flux. This textbook has become an institution in the field as it makes sense of this complexity. It provides incisive, authoritative accounts of the principal challenges and schools of thought, and its new editions are widely welcomed. * Professor Edward Newman, University of Leeds *