Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The meaning of security; Part I. Objectivist Approaches to International Security: 2. Early stages of development; 3. Broadening the concept of security; 4. Identity versus the state; Part II. Theorizing Security: the Turn to Sociology: 5. A conceptual discussion; 6. The social constructionist approach; 7. The limits of identity theory; 8. Agency and structure in social theory; 9. Seeing a different world: a reflexive sociology of security; Part III. Practising Security: 10. Doing security by stealth; 11. Conclusion: security and moral choice; Bibliography; Index.

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Addresses the central problem of international relations - security - and constructs a novel framework for its analysis.