By: Barry Buzan, etc., Ole Waever, Jaap de Wilde

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Two schools of thought now exist in security studies: traditionalists want to restrict the subject to politico-military issues; while wideners want to extend it to the economic, societal and environmental sectors. This book sets out a comprehensive statement of the new security studies, establishing the case for the broader agenda. The authors argue that security is a particular type of politics applicable to a wide range of issues. Answering the traditionalists charge that this model makes the subject incoherent, they offer a constructivist operational method for distinguishing the process of securitization from that of politicization. Their approach incorporates the traditionalist agenda and dissolves the artificial boundary between security studies and international political economy, opening the way for a fruitful interplay between the two fields. It also shows how the theory of regional security complexes remains relevant in today's world.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Security Analysis: Conceptual Apparatus	p. 21
The Military Sector	p. 49
The Environmental Sector	p. 71
The Economic Sector	p. 95
The Societal Sector	p. 119
The Political Sector	p. 141
How Sectors Are Synthesized	p. 163
Conclusions	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 215
Acronyms	p. 231
Index	p. 233
About the Book	p. 239
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ISBN: 9781555877842
ISBN-10: 1555877842
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 300
Published: 30th September 1997
Dimensions (cm): 22.6 x 15.0  x 1.4
Weight (kg): 0.34