Pt. 1. Introduction to international security and security studies. International relations and international security: boundaries, levels of analysis, and falsifying theories ; The foundations of security studies: Hobbes, Clausewitz, and Thucydides ; Testing security theories: explaining the rise and demise of the Cold War.
Pt. 2. Contending security theories. Realism, neorealism and liberal institutionalism ; Economic liberalism and Marxism.
Pt. 3. Validating security theories. Behaviorism ; Constructivism.
Conclusions. Whither international security and security studies?
Security and international relations by Edward A. Kolodziej. ISBN 9780521001168. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.