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Security studies
About: Security studies is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5540 publications have been published within this topic receiving 93269 citations.
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1 Jan 2007
TL;DR: The second edition of this widely acclaimed book takes as its main theme the question of how states and societies pursue freedom from threat in an environment in which competitive relations are inescapable across the political, economic, military, societal and environmental landscapes.
Abstract: The second edition of this widely acclaimed book takes as its main theme the question of how states and societies pursue freedom from threat in an environment in which competitive relations are inescapable across the political, economic, military, societal and environmental landscapes. Throughout, attention is placed on the interplay of threats and vulnerabilities, the policy consequences of overemphasising one or the other, and the existence of contradictions within and between ideas about security. Barry Buzan argues that the concept of security is a versatile, penetrating and useful way to approach the study of international relations. Security provides an analytical framework which stands between the extremes of power and peace, incorporates most of their insights and adds more of its own.People, States and Fear. Is essential reading for all students and researchers of international politics and security studies. The ECPR Classics edition includes a new introduction from the author placing this classic text within a current context.
1,880 citations
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1 Jan 2003TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop a regional approach to global security and present scenarios for the RSCs of the Americas, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa, respectively.
Abstract: Part I. Introduction: Developing a Regional Approach to Global Security: 1. Theories and histories about the structure of contemporary international security 2. Levels: distinguishing the regional from the global 3. Security complexes: a theory of regional security Part II. Asia: 4. South Asia: inching towards internal and external transformation 5. Northeast and southeast Asian security complexes during the Cold War 6. The 1990s and beyond: an emergent east Asian complex Conclusion Part III. The Middle East and Africa: Introduction 7. The Middle East: a perennial conflict formation 8. Sub-saharan Africa: security dynamics in a setting of weak and failed states Conclusions Part IV. The Americas: 9. North America: the sole superpower and its surroundings 10. South America: an under-conflictual anomaly? Conclusion: scenarios for the RSCs of the Americas Part V. The Europes: Introduction: 11. EU-Europe: the European Union and its 'near abroad' 12. The Balkans and Turkey 13. The post-Soviet space: a regional security complex around Russia Conclusion: scenarios for the European supercomplex Part VI. Conclusions: 14. Regions and powers: summing up and looking ahead 15. Reflections on conceptualising international security.
1,667 citations
TL;DR: It is proposed that in addition to physical security, states also seek ontological security, or security of the self, by routinizing relationships with significant others, and actors therefore become attached to those relationships.
Abstract: This article proposes that in addition to physical security, states also seek ontological security, or security of the self. Ontological security is achieved by routinizing relationships with signi...
1,359 citations
TL;DR: The theory of "securitization" developed by the Copenhagen School provides one of the most innovative, productive, and yet controversial avenues of research in contemporary security studies as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The theory of “securitization” developed by the Copenhagen School provides one of the most innovative, productive, and yet controversial avenues of research in contemporary security studies. This article provides an assessment of the foundations of this approach and its limitations, as well as its significance for broader areas of International Relations theory. Locating securitization theory within the context of both classical Realism influenced by Carl Schmitt, and current work on constructivist ethics, it argues that while the Copenhagen School is largely immune from the most common criticisms leveled against it, the increasing impact of televisual communication in security relations provides a fundamental challenge for understanding the processes and institutions involved in securitization, and for the political ethics advocated by the Copenhagen School.
1,196 citations
Book•
1 Jan 2006
TL;DR: The book critically engages with theoretical developments in international relations and security studies to develop a fresh conceptual framework for studying security.
Abstract: The book critically engages with theoretical developments in international relations and security studies to develop a fresh conceptual framework for studying security. Contents
1. Politics of insecurity, technology and the political 2. Security framing: the question of the meaning of security 3. Displacing the spectre of the state in security studies: From referent objects to techniques of government 4. Securitizing migration: Freedom from existential threats and the constitution of insecure communities 5. European integration and societal insecurity 6. Freedom and security in the EU: A Foucaultian view on spill-over 7. Migration, securitization and the question of political community in the EU 8. De-securitizing migration: Security knowledge and concepts of the political 9. Conclusion: the politics of framing insecurity
1,136 citations
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| 2025 | 37 |
| 2024 | 40 |
| 2023 | 112 |
| 2022 | 163 |
| 2021 | 71 |
| 2020 | 93 |