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The Empire of Security and the Safety of the People book cover

1st Edition

The Empire of Security and the Safety of the People

Edited By William Bain Copyright 2006
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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This is an accessible new examination of what ‘security’ means today, contextualizing the term amongst other key ideas, such as the nation state, diplomacy, war and autonomy. By exploring the many differing conceptions of security, this study clearly explains how the idea of security in world affairs can be understood in relation to other ideas and points of view. It shows how, when... Read more

1. Introduction

William Bain

2. ‘The safety of the people is the supreme law’: Beyond Hobbes But Not as Far as Kant

Robert Jackson

3. Reversing Rousseau: The Mediaeval and Modern in Contemporary Wars

K. J. Holsti

4. Guardians of the Practitioners’ Virtue: Diplomats at the Warrior’s Den

Sasson Sofer

5. Great Powers and International Security

Cathal Nolan

6. Security and Self-Determination

James Mayall

7. Globalization and Security: Much Ado About Nothing?

Cornelia Navari

8. Cultural Diversity and Security after 9/11

Jennifer Jackson Preece

9. Intervention: Beyond ‘Dictatorial Interference’

Sir Adam Roberts

10. Saving Failed States: Trusteeship as an Arrangement of Security

William Bain

Biography

William Bain is Lecturer in International Relations Theory in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, UK.

 

 

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