Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what is security studies? -- Security in international politics : traditional approaches / Patrick Morgan -- Peace studies / Paul Rogers -- Critical security studies : a schismatic history / David Mutimer -- Gender and security / Caroline Kennedy-Pipe -- Human security / Pauline Kerr -- Securitization / Ralf Emmers -- Military security / Eric Herring -- Regime security / Richard Jackson -- Societal security / Paul Roe -- Environmental security / Jon Barnett -- Economic security / Christopher Dent -- Coercive diplomacy / Peter Viggo Jakobsen -- The role of intelligence in national security / Stan Taylor -- Weapons of mass destruction / James Wirtz -- Terrorism / Brenda Lutz and James Lutz -- The defence trade / Joanna Spear and Neil Cooper -- HIV/AIDS and security / Stefan Elbe -- Transnational crime / Jeanne Giraldo and Harold Trinkunas -- Children and war / Helen Brocklehurst -- After the return to theory : the past, present, and future of security studies / Ole Wæver and Barry Buzan.