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

The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics
ISBN-10
0333587456
ISBN-13
9780333587454
Category
Political Science
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Red Globe Press
Authors
Ken Booth, Nicholas Wheeler

Description

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

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