The Palgrave Handbook of National Security

Michael Clarke (Editor), Adam Henschke (Editor), Tim Legrand (Editor), Matthew Sussex

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    Abstract

    This handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary theory, practice and themes in the study of national security.

    Part 1: Theories examines how national security has been conceptualised and formulated within the disciplines international relations, security studies and public policy.

    Part 2: Actors shifts the focus of the volume from these disciplinary concerns to consideration of how core actors in international affairs have conceptualised and practiced national security over time.

    Part 3: Issues then provides in-depth analysis of how individual security issues have been incorporated into prevailing scholarly and policy paradigms on national security.

    While security now seems an all-encompassing phenomenon, one general proposition still holds: national interests and the nation-state remain central to unlocking security puzzles. As normative values intersect with raw power; as new threats meet old ones; and as new actors challenge established elites, making sense out of the complex milieu of security theories, actors, and issues is a crucial task - and is the main accomplishment of this book.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationCham
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Number of pages415
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-53494-3
    ISBN (Print)978-3-030-53493-6, 978-3-030-53496-7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021

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