This module is not currently running in 2021 to 2022.
This module provides an introduction to the various approaches to security studies by way of introducing key thinkers, the key literature. Its core aim is to provide a solid theoretical and conceptual grounding for students interested in the diversity of issues, institutions and actors engaged in the practice of international security.
Total contact hours: 22
Private study hours: 128
Total study hours: 150
* Writing assignment, 750 words, 10%
* Essay, 2500 words, 40%
* Exam, 2 hours, 50%
Reassessment Instrument: 100% coursework
* Baylis, J. Wirtz, J, Cohen, E & Gray C. (2012). Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies, 4th ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
* Collins, A. (ed.) (2010) Contemporary Security Studies, 2nd edition,. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* Peoples, C & Vaughan-Williams, N. (2010). Critical Security Studies: An Introduction, Abingdon: Routledge.
* Williams, Paul (ed) (2008) Security Studies: An Introduction, Routledge.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Have a detailed knowledge and understanding of traditional and critical approaches to security studies, and their significance to the study of international relations
2 apply different approaches within security studies to a wide and diverse area of international security especially contemporary threats
3 apply concepts of security studies to specific case studies.
4 Have developed a critical understanding of the key literature in security studies
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