Security and international relations

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Security studies as a branch of international relations theory is evaluated from the perspective of the main rival theories - realism, neorealism, liberal institutionalism, classic economic liberalism, and Marxism - to explain why international figures choose or eschew force and coercive threats in order to elicit favourable outcomes.

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Full title :Security and international relations / Edward A. Kolodziej.

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Publication Date:2005.

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Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

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Description:xi, 349 pages ; : 23 cm.

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ISBN:0521806437, 0521001161, 9780521806435, 9780521001168
oclc:ocm60418245
LC Classification:JZ5588
Dewey Decimal:327.116

pt. 1. Introduction to international security and security studies. International relations and international security: boundaries, levels of analysis, and falsifying theories ; The foundations of security studies: Hobbes, Clausewitz, and Thucydides ; Testing security theories: explaining the rise and demise of the Cold War. -- pt. 2. Contending security theories. Realism, neorealism and liberal institutionalism ; Economic liberalism and Marxism. -- pt. 3. Validating security theories. Behaviorism ; Constructivism. -- Conclusions. Whither international security and security studies?

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international relations internationale betrekkingen Internationale Politik Militärpolitik Military policy Politique militaire Relations internationales Sécurité internationale Security, International Sicherheitspolitik Veiligheidspolitiek