The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics

by Ken Booth, Nicholas J. Wheeler (Contributor)

This major new contribution to the study of internatioal politics provides the first comprehensive analysis of the concept of the "security dilemma," the phrase used to describe the mistrust and fear which is often thought to be the inevitable consequence of living in a world of sovereign states. By exploring the theory and practice of the security dilemma through the prisms of fear, cooperation and trust, it considers whether the security dilemma can be mitigated or even transcended analyzing a wide range of historical and contemporary cases

Genres: International Relations

384 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2007

About the author

Ken Booth FBA is a international relations and security theorist.

A fellow of the British Academy,Booth's profile on their website describes his principle scholarly field as the strategic aspects of international relations and his role in establishing the new field of critical security studies.

Booth is a senior research associate and former professor at Aberystwyth University.

Booth's profile on the University's website describes his current reasearch interests as: the theory and practice of security, international relations theory, human rights, nuclear disarmament, and security in Africa. Current projects include: realists and realism, terrorism, and critical theory for critical times.

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