the-evolution-of-international-security-studies

CONTENTSForeword ixList of abbreviationsList of figures xvList of tables xvixiiIntroduction 11 Defining International Security Studies 8Four questions that structure ISS 10Security and its adjacent concepts 13The disciplinary boundary of ISS 16The Western-centrism conundrum 192 The key questions in International Security Studies: thestate, politics and epistemology 21From medieval to sovereign states 22The French Revolution and domestic cohesion 26The conception of politics in ISS 30Epistemology and security debates 32Mapping concepts of security 353 The driving forces behind the evolution of InternationalSecurity Studies 39A post-Kuhnian sociology of science 40Internal versus external factors 44The theoretical status of the driving forces framework 47The five driving forces as general analytical categories 50Great power politics 50The technological imperative 53Events 54The internal dynamics of academic debates 57Institutionalisation 60v