{"product_id":"theory-of-world-security-hardback-9780521835527","title":"Theory of World Security (Hardback) 9780521835527","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheory of World Security\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers a radical and original theory of security for our times.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKen Booth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521835527, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is a masterpiece: a comprehensive, thoughtful investigation of world security and those who attempt to explain it. Brilliantly written, the book is breathtaking in its sweep … an erudite guide for normative behaviour based on a thorough and comprehensive understanding of world history, philosophy and an appreciation for the multiple levels upon which security is currently both threatened and protected. … a book that all practitioners and students of world security … would benefit from studying closely.' International Affairs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat is real? What can we know? How might we act? This book sets out to answer these fundamental philosophical questions in a radical and original theory of security for our times. Arguing that the concept of security in world politics has long been imprisoned by conservative thinking, Ken Booth explores security as a precious instrumental value which gives individuals and groups the opportunity to pursue the invention of humanity rather than live determined and diminished lives. Booth suggests that human society globally is facing a set of converging historical crises. He looks to critical social theory and radical international theory to develop a comprehensive framework for understanding the historical challenges facing global business-as-usual and for planning to reconstruct a more cosmopolitan future. Theory of World Security is a challenge both to well-established ways of thinking about security and alternative approaches within critical security studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Context: 1. Present imperfect: future tense\u003cbr\u003e 2. Thinking theory critically\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Theory: 3. Security, emancipation, community\u003cbr\u003e 4. Deepening, broadening, reconstructing\u003cbr\u003e 5. Being, knowing, doing\u003cbr\u003e 6. The world, the world\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Dimensions: 7. Business-as-usual\u003cbr\u003e 8. Who will own the twenty-first century?\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Futures: 9. The new twenty years' crisis\u003cbr\u003e 10. A long hot century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Police \u0026amp; security services [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Police \u0026amp; security services\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Police%20\u0026amp;%20security%20services%20%5BJKSW1%5D%22\"\u003eJKSW1\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006060810520,"sku":"9780521835527","price":78.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521543170_9857590a-e992-42bb-a7c4-baab465a4d0e.jpg?v=1691368641","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theory-of-world-security-hardback-9780521835527","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}