Confront urgent questions about the changing nature of conflict, the rise of terrorism, arms proliferation, pandemics, environmental change, and the impact of emerging technologies. Understand how different approaches to the study of international security can help make sense of their real word consequences and wider significance. You will examine a variety of theoretical and empirical materials that provide the basis for analysing pressing issues of war and peace in the world today. In particular, you will engage with debates centred on the ‘broadening’ and ‘deepening’ agenda, which has extended the scope of security studies beyond the nation-state to encompass the role of new security actors and emerging security concerns.
Lecture 16, Seminar 16
The module is compulsory for the following courses
MA Security and Terrorism
The module is optional for the following courses
MA International Relations
MA International Relations and International Law
MA International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
MA Security and Terrorism
MA Peace and Conflict Studies
Also available as an elective module.
Report. Assessment Details: Policy report 1,500 words worth 30%.
Extended writing. Assessment Details: Essay 3,000 words worth 70%.
Reassessment Method: Like for like
The University is committed to ensuring that core reading materials are in accessible electronic format in line with the Kent Inclusive Practices. The most up to date reading list for each module can be found on the university's reading list pages.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1) Build a systematic understanding of the evolution of security studies and critically evaluate contending approaches to international security
2) Appreciate and critically reflect on key issues and dynamics at the forefront of the discipline of international relations, including conflict and the use of force
3) Demonstrate advanced knowledge at the forefront of theoretical debates about the meaning of security in international relations and the relationship between theoretical debate and practice
4) Apply theoretical and conceptual frameworks from the scholarly literature to the analysis of politics and international relations, including through the use of research methods
5) Conduct self-directed research in politics and international relations to demonstrate detailed awareness of epistemological, methodological and ethical principles.
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