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Words, Images, Enemies: Securitization and International Politics
- Michael C. Williams
- Political Science
- 1 December 2003
The theory of “securitization” developed by the Copenhagen School provides one of the most innovative, productive, and yet controversial avenues of research in contemporary security studies. This…
The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations
- Michael C. Williams
- Political Science
- 31 January 2005
Williams, Mike, Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp.ix+236 RAE2008
Security Beyond the State: Global Security Assemblages in International Politics
- R. Abrahamsen, Michael C. Williams
- Political Science
- 1 March 2009
To date, most discussion of security privatization in international politics has been focused on the role of private military companies and mercenaries. This article seeks to shift the focus away…
Weapons of the weak: everyday forms of peasant resistance
- Michael C. Williams
- Political Science
- 1986
Broadening the Agenda of Security Studies: Politics and Methods
- Keith Krause, Michael C. Williams
- Political Science
- 1 October 1996
The field of security studies has been the subject of considerable debate in recent years. Attempts to broaden and deepen the scope of the field beyond its traditional focus on states and military…
Critical Security Studies: Concepts and Cases
- Keith Krause, Michael C. Williams
- Political Science
- 15 March 1997
This text takes issue with arguments that security studies is a discipline of limited use in making sense of the post-Cold War world. It argues that many of the most interesting theoretical issues in…
Hobbes and international relations: a reconsideration
- Michael C. Williams
- ArtInternational Organization
- 1 March 1996
Hobbes has long been a central figure in the theory of international relations. He has also been a badly misunderstood one. While often invoked to support contemporary theories of international…
Securing the City: Private Security Companies and Non-State Authority in Global Governance
- R. Abrahamsen, Michael C. Williams
- Political Science
- 1 June 2007
The past decade has witnessed a remarkable expansion and globalisation of the private security sector. These developments mark the emergence of public—private, global—local security networks that…
Brother number one: a political biography of Pol Pot
- Michael C. Williams
- Economics
- 1 July 1993
From Alliance to Security Community: NATO, Russia, and the Power of Identity
- Michael C. Williams, I. Neumann
- Political Science
- 1 June 2000
The evolution of NATO constitutes one of the most important developments in post-Cold War international security. Despite predictions of fragmentation from within or supercession from above, the…
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