Format:
1 online resource (421 pages)
ISBN:
9783030534943
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 National Security: Theories, Actors, Issues -- Part I Theories -- 2 Understanding National Security: The Promises and Pitfalls of International Relations Theory -- The National Security Landscape: Changing Definitions, Themes and Processes -- Statehood, Securitisation and National Security -- National Interests -- Sovereignty and International Law -- Power, Influence and International Order -- Making National Security Policy in an Age of Globalisation and Shifting Power: Balancing Risk and Resilience -- Theories of International Relations and National Security Choices -- Realist Approaches -- Liberal Approaches -- Constructivist Approaches -- From Theory to Practice: Case Studies on Major National Security Issues -- The Global War on Terror -- Climate Change -- Shifts in Global Order: The Rise of China and the Relative Decline of the United States -- Conclusions -- 3 National Security and Public Policy: Exceptionalism Versus Accountability -- What Is Public Policy? -- A Brief History of Public Policy -- Public Policy in Liberal Democracies -- National Security and Public Policy in Liberal Democracy -- Methodological Challenges of National Security Evaluation -- Exceptionalized Policy-Making in Liberal Democracies -- Scrutiny, Accountability and Exceptionalism -- Exempting National Security from Public Policy Imperatives -- The Expanding Remit of National Security Policy -- National Security and the Shadow of Illiberalism -- Conclusions -- 4 Ethics and National Security: A Case for Reasons in Decision-Making -- Introduction -- The Problem: Ethics and National Security -- On Ethics, National Security and Liberal Democracies -- Ethics -- Nations and States16 -- Security -- An Open Question: Pluralism Versus Anything Goes33 -- A Dynamic Space.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030534936
Language:
English
Keywords:
Sicherheitspolitik
