{"product_id":"contemporary-security-studies-paperback-1","title":"Contemporary Security Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive introduction to security studies, focusing on key theoretical approaches and the critical issues shaping today's global security landscape. \u003cem\u003eContemporary Security Studies\u003c\/em\u003e offers a uniquely engaging introduction to Security Studies, addressing key theories and contemporary issues in the field. A team of expert scholars strikes a careful balance between depth and clarity, making it an essential companion for students exploring the modern security agenda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Offers broad, easy-to-digest coverage of the key theories and concepts in Security Studies \u003cbr\u003e- Brings together carefully edited contributions from international experts in the field, giving students insights from a range of leading scholars \u003cbr\u003e- 'Think point' boxes challenge students to question their own assumptions, and help to develop critical thinking skills \u003cbr\u003e- Case study boxes encourage students to connect theory and practice by demonstrating the real-world manifestations of political issues \u003cbr\u003e- Includes coverage of critical Security Studies perspectives, including poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and post-human.\u003cbr\u003e- Considers a broad range of traditional and non-traditional security issues, from inter-state armed conflict and nuclear weapons to security issues centring on the environment, crime and cyber-attacks\u003cbr\u003e- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew to this edition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Chapter 3 provides a new look on how liberal ideas underpin liberal internationalism and how these ideas have a long history of ordering international politics, but constantly find themselves contested, challenged, and in crisis.\u003cbr\u003e- A new Chapter 13 on nonhuman security studies introduces students to this innovative approach to Security Studies, explaining the insecurities that arise for some humans, other species and non-sentient beings (rivers, mountains, etc) during the Anthropocene, an era in which human activity is having a fundamental impact on the planet's biosphere.\u003cbr\u003e- A revised Chapter 15 on military security, tracing the use of force in achieving security, and the management of force, via alliances and arms control, in statecraft. \u003cbr\u003e- Chapter 22 on terrorism has been reworked to provide in-depth explanation of the challenges of defining terrorism, the complications with counter-terrorism in preventing acts of terrorism from occurring before they happen, and the insights that Critical Terrorism Studies, feminism, and postcolonialism offer.\u003cbr\u003e- A revised Chapter 24 on energy security, which traces the evolving concept of energy security, revealing the shifting nature of it as a geopolitical concern, and concluding by examining it from an individual rather than state perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDigital Formats \u0026amp; Resources: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 7th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Politics Trove offer a mobile experiences and convenient access along with multiple choice questions, lecturer power point slides and lectured test bank, functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk\/ebooks\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Collins, \u003cem\u003eProfessor, Depratment of Politics, Philosophy, and International Relations, Swansea University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan Collins is Professor of International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at Swansea University, UK. He is the author of Security and Southeast Asia: Domestic, Regional and Global Issues (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003), Building a People-Oriented Security Community the ASEAN Way (London: Routledge, 2013), and co-editor of Unpacking the Death Penalty in ASEAN (Singapore: Springer, 2023).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9.66 x 7.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47356344205561,"sku":"9780198895442","price":107.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/nqHn-UPeBs9780198895442_d22de2ea-c082-47a8-b5dc-38fd82004757.webp?v=1769859352","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/contemporary-security-studies-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}