Security Studies
Encyclopedia
This article refers to the discipline within the field of International Relations. For the study of security management see security management studies
Security Studies is an academic sub-field of the wider discipline of International Relations
. There are several differing approaches to security within security studies including traditional realists conceptions of security, Critical Security Studies
, and the Copenhagen School of security studies.
Security management studies
Security studies is a term used to describe the study of security, typically security studies describes a course of study at a foundation level, whereas security management describes study at advanced levels...
Security Studies is an academic sub-field of the wider discipline of International Relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
. There are several differing approaches to security within security studies including traditional realists conceptions of security, Critical Security Studies
Critical Security Studies
Critical Security Studies is an academic discipline within security studies which rejects mainstream approaches to security-Definition:Some use the term critical security studies to refer to all approaches that are critical of mainstream/orthodox realist approaches. Others see Critical Security...
, and the Copenhagen School of security studies.
Journals
- International SecurityInternational SecurityInternational Security is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of international and national security. It was founded in 1976 and is edited by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University and published four times a year by MIT Press, both of Cambridge,...
- Security DialogueSecurity DialogueSecurity Dialogue is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly articles which combine contemporary theoretical analysis with challenges to public policy across a wide-ranging field of security studies. The journal’s editorial office is located at the Peace Research Institute Oslo ...
- Security StudiesSecurity Studies (journal)Security Studies is a peer-reviewed quarterly academic journal covering international relations published by Routledge that was established in 1991. According to the Journal Citation Reports, it had a 2008 impact factor of 1.024....
- Armed Forces & SocietyArmed Forces & SocietyArmed Forces & Society is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on civil–military relations, military sociology, military institutions, conflict management, arms control, peacekeeping, conflict resolution, military contracting, terrorism, and...
Further reading
- Williams, Paul (2008) Security Studies: An Introduction, Abingdon: Routledge