Third World Security School
Encyclopedia
The Third World Security School is a name given to a school of thought in security studies
that focuses on the security concerns of the so-called Third World
. Roe cites Ayoob and Job as examples of academics whose scholarship belongs to this school. One of the first major statements of this school came from Caroline Thomas
and her 1987 work In Search of Security
.
Security Studies
This article refers to the discipline within the field of International Relations. For the study of security management see security management studiesSecurity Studies is an academic sub-field of the wider discipline of International Relations...
that focuses on the security concerns of the so-called Third World
Third World
The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
. Roe cites Ayoob and Job as examples of academics whose scholarship belongs to this school. One of the first major statements of this school came from Caroline Thomas
Caroline Thomas
Caroline Thomas was an international relations academic and a leading authority on the politics of development. Her work In Search of Security was an early contribution to the 'widening' debate within security studies....
and her 1987 work In Search of Security
In Search of Security
In Search of Security was a 1987 international relations text by Caroline Thomas. It is considered a leading text of the Third World Security School....
.