Creating Insecurity: Realism, Constructivism, and US Security Policy - Softcover

Lott, Anthony D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138356751 ISBN 13: 9781138356757

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

In this absorbing book Anthony Lott develops a national security analysis that can be used to critique the policies of states. His approach combines realist thought common to traditional security studies and a version of 'political' constructivism common to critical security studies. While the focus on human security remains integral, the 9/11 attacks on New York demonstrate the importance of national security traditionally defined. This book recognizes the importance of both components of security in a broader security dialogue. After building a theoretical understanding of security, the work examines four disparate security issues that currently engage policy makers in the United States: the current discourse concerning ballistic missile defense, the war on drugs in Colombia, democratic challenges to economic globalization and the state response, and the US-led war to oust Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. The book is designed for upper-division international relations courses in national security studies, international politics and theory.

About this title

About the Author

Anthony D. Lott. St Olaf College

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138356751
• ISBN 13: 9781138356757
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186