- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- New to this edition
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Guided Tour of Learning Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1 Approaches to Security
- 2. Realism
- 3. Liberalism
- 4. Historical Materialism
- 5. Peace Studies
- 6. Social Constructivism
- 7. Critical Security Studies
- 8. Critical Interventions
- 9. Postcolonialism
- 10. Human Security
- 11. Gender and Security
- 12. Securitization
- Part 2 Deepening and Broadening Security
- 13. Military Security
- 14. Regime Security
- 15. Societal Security
- 16. Environmental Security
- 17. Economic Security
- 18. Globalization, Development, and Security
- Part 3 Traditional and Non-Traditional Security
- 19. Coercive Diplomacy
- 20. Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 21. Terrorism
- 22. Humanitarian Intervention
- 23. Energy Security
- 24. The Weapons Trade
- 25. Health and Security
- 26. Transnational Crime
- 27. Cyber-Security
- 28. After the Return to Theory
- Glossary
- References
- Index
(p. 417) 28. After the Return to Theory: The Past, Present, and Future of Security Studies
- Chapter:
- (p. 417) 28. After the Return to Theory: The Past, Present, and Future of Security Studies
- Author(s):
Ole Wæver
and Barry Buzan
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198708315.003.0028
This chapter reflects on the past and present of Security Studies, with a particular focus on the changing periods of theory production and practical problem solving. It begins by tracing the origins and institutional structure of Security Studies, noting that it started out as an American, think-tank based, interdisciplinary field and then became institutionalized as a part of a single discipline, International Relations (IR). Since the 1990s, the field has enjoyed a new period of high theory productivity, but largely in two separate clusters with the United States and Europe as centres of each. Among important developments during the so-called Golden Age of Security Studies were game theory and deterrence theory. The chapter proceeds by examining the stagnation of Security Studies before concluding with an assessment of future prospects and challenges facing the field, citing debates over issues such as human security and Islamic approaches to IR.
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- New to this edition
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Guided Tour of Learning Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1 Approaches to Security
- 2. Realism
- 3. Liberalism
- 4. Historical Materialism
- 5. Peace Studies
- 6. Social Constructivism
- 7. Critical Security Studies
- 8. Critical Interventions
- 9. Postcolonialism
- 10. Human Security
- 11. Gender and Security
- 12. Securitization
- Part 2 Deepening and Broadening Security
- 13. Military Security
- 14. Regime Security
- 15. Societal Security
- 16. Environmental Security
- 17. Economic Security
- 18. Globalization, Development, and Security
- Part 3 Traditional and Non-Traditional Security
- 19. Coercive Diplomacy
- 20. Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 21. Terrorism
- 22. Humanitarian Intervention
- 23. Energy Security
- 24. The Weapons Trade
- 25. Health and Security
- 26. Transnational Crime
- 27. Cyber-Security
- 28. After the Return to Theory
- Glossary
- References
- Index
