International Security: Problems and Solutions - Textbook - Patrick

Conflict--be it war between states, ethnic violence, civil war, or terrorist activity--endures, despite immense efforts to end it. How do states cope with conflict, minimize future threats, and reduce the risk of insecurity? Morgan outlines a spectrum of solutions states use to manage violent conflict, ranging from strategies that individual governments enact largely on their own, such as distribution of power, deterrence, or arms control, to those such as collective security and multilateralism that are more global in nature. The book progresses into tactical and practical actions, from negotiation and mediation to peace imposition. Morgan evaluates each strategy and tactic in terms of how well it addresses three levels of security--systemic, state, and societal--to show how they are interrelated and complementary to each other in important ways. Addressing insecurity at one level often elicits further insecurity at another. Morgan shows students how these various levels interact-either to a state’s advantage or to its detriment-so they can comprehensively analyze the ways that political actors manage (or incite) conflict.

Patrick M. Morgan (PhD, Yale University) is professor of political science and the Thomas and Elizabeth Tierney Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Irvine. His research topics include national and international security, deterrence in theory and practice, arms control, and regional security management particularly in Northeast Asia. He has authored and edited many books, including Deterrence Now (2003), Security Studies Today (1999), Reviewing the Cold War (1999), and Regional Orders (1997).

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ CQ Press; 1st edition (February 27, 2006)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568025874
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568025872
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.79 x 9 inches