Rethinking Security in the Twenty First Century
Edwin Daniel . Ed(S): Jacob
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Description for Rethinking Security in the Twenty First Century
Hardback. Editor(s): Jacob, Edwin Daniel. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137525413
SKU
V9781137525413
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99-15
About Edwin Daniel . Ed(S): Jacob
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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