Security

Philippe Bourbeau is Temporary University Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.

• 1. A multidisciplinary dialogue on security Philippe Bourbeau; 2. Philosophy: the concepts of security, fear, liberty, and the state Jonathan Herington; 3. Anthropology/ies: moving beyond disciplinary approaches to security Daniel M. Goldstein; 4. Geography: securing places and spaces of securitization Philippe Le Billon; 5. Sociology: security and insecurities Lisa Stampnitzky and Greggor Mattson; 6. International relations: celebrating eclectic dynamism in security studies Philippe Bourbeau, Thierry Balzacq and Myriam Dunn Cavelty; 7. Psychology: the phenomenology of human security Thomas C. O'Brien and Linda R. Tropp; 8. International political economy: conceptual affinities and substantive differences with security studies Ronen Palan and Hannah Petersen; 9. Criminology: reimagining security Jan Froestad, Clifford Shearing and Melani Van der Merwe; 10. International law: between legalism and securitization Wouter Werner.

'The excellent essays in this timely volume offer many key contributions to the emerging discussion of interdisciplinary security studies. By drawing on a wide diversity of current scholarly perspectives, the numerous valuable insights in these chapters move the conversation on this essential political concept ahead rapidly.' Simon Dalby, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario