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Rethinking Security in the Twenty-First Century

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Editors:
  1. Edwin Daniel Jacob

    1. Somerset, USA

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  • Offers a critical and political examination of security that bridges the elusive gaps between theory and practice
  • Composed of original essays by a cosmopolitan mix of leading figures inside and outside the academy
  • Has cross-regional ramifications and appeal to both American and international security scholars

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
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  2. Explaining Security

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Security and Ideology

      • Rasmus Ugilt
      Pages 3-18

    3. Who Really Defines National Security?

      • Lawrence Davidson
      Pages 19-28

    4. Anachronistic Research in International Relations and Security Studies

      • Jaap H. de Wilde
      Pages 29-40

    5. The American Nuclear Warfare State

      • Carl Boggs
      Pages 41-58

  4. Cosmopolitan Visions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Fostering Global Security

      • Amentahru Wahlrab
      Pages 127-141

    3. Mainstreaming Atrocity

      • Kjell Anderson
      Pages 143-156

    4. Democracy and Stability? US Foreign Policy Post-Arab Spring

      • Dalia Fahmy
      Pages 157-166

  5. Emergent Threats

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Human Mobility and Security

      • Alexandria J. Innes
      Pages 169-181

    3. Ecological Security

      • Peter Hough
      Pages 183-194

    4. Legality of the Modern Modes of Warfare: The Case of Drones

      • Ashutosh Misra
      Pages 195-208

    5. Duties to Defend: Ethical Challenges of Cyber-Defense

      • Adam Henschke
      Pages 209-222
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Somerset, USA

    Edwin Daniel Jacob

About the editor

Edwin Daniel Jacob is a doctoral candidate of Global Affairs at Rutgers University, USA.  He serves as the New Media Coordinator at the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights. An interdisciplinary background in political theory, international relations, and history informs his focus on American homeland security and foreign policy. 

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