Managing Security
eBook - ePub

Managing Security

Concepts and Challenges

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Managing Security

Concepts and Challenges

About this book

This textbook is designed to be used by those tackling the complex and challenging issues of security sector reform (SSR).

The questions of 'What is security?' and 'How can governments deliver it in the most efficient and effective manner?' are central to this volume. The text explores the ways in which security might be achieved, providing readers with the guiding principles of governance and management. Principles are illustrated through reference to the experiences of countries engaged in reform of their security institutions, allowing the reader to identify continuities and discontinuities in the process of change within the security sector. Written by practitioners for practitioners, the book provides readers with a framework with which to assess and respond to first-, second- and third-generation issues within SSR. All chapters include an introduction to the topic, empirical case studies, and exercises to encourage readers to reflect upon their own experiences of governing and managing security.

This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, defence management and defence policy, as well as to practitioners in the field of security management.

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Yes, you can access Managing Security by Laura R. Cleary, Roger Darby, Laura R. Cleary,Roger Darby in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Military & Maritime History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Title
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of contributors
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. List of abbreviations
  12. 1 Introduction: change within context
  13. 2 If you can’t be secure, be resilient
  14. 3 Governance: concept and challenges
  15. 4 The legal framework for security
  16. 5 Policy formation and implementation
  17. 6 Accountability: a tangled web
  18. 7 Security institutions: their function, structure and staffing
  19. 8 Strategic management
  20. 9 Human resource management in the security sector
  21. 10 Cyber security and knowledge management
  22. 11 Defence acquisition
  23. 12 Generating value through offsets in international defence procurement
  24. 13 Strategic leadership: concept, theory and practice
  25. 14 Change management
  26. 15 Managing security: continuity and change
  27. Index