Bibliograph

Rethinking Security in the Twenty-First Century, A Reader, edited by Edwin Daniel Jacob

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Rethinking Security in the Twenty-First Century, A Reader, edited by Edwin Daniel Jacob

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rethinking Security in the Twenty-First Century

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

968253115

Responsibility statement

edited by Edwin Daniel Jacob

Series statement

Springer eBooks

Sub title

A Reader

Summary

This edited volume helps bridge the elusive gap between theory and practice in dealing with the issue of “security” broadly conceived. A quarter of a century has passed since the crumbling of the Berlin Wall. Yet our notions of security remain mired in Cold War thinking whose realist ethos is predicated on holding the nation state’s power, interests, and survival as the guiding unit of analysis in international relations. Security is ever changing. Confronting new dangers to the individual, the state, and the international order calls for new categories that speak to the new influence of globalization, international institutions, and transnational threats. Composed of original essays by a cosmopolitan mix of leading figures inside and outside the academy, this book proves relevant to any number of classes and courses, and its controversial character makes it all the more necessary and appealing.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Security and Ideology -- 2. Who Really Defines National Security?. - 3. Anachronistic Research in International Relations and Security Studies -- 4. The American Nuclear Warfare State -- 5. A New Frontier in US National Security Policymaking: State and Local Governments -- 6. Imperial Hubris and the Security of the Middle East, 1979-2016 -- 7. Sovereignty and Security: 9/11, the Arab Spring and ISIS -- 8. Protection from Whom? R2P in the US and UN -- 9. Fostering Global Security -- 10. Mainstreaming Atrocity -- 11. Democracy and Stability? US Foreign Policy Post Arab Spring -- 12. Human Mobility and Security -- 13. Ecological Security -- 14. Legality of the Modern Modes of Warfare: The Case of Drones -- 15. Duties to Defend: Ethical Challenges of Cyber Defense -- State Security, Human Security, and the Problem of False Complementarity -- 17. Victim Mentality and Violence: Anatomy of a Relationship -- 18. Rethinking Security Education -- 19. Neoconservatism: A Death Prematurely Foretold?

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