This handbook gathers together state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and empirical research by leading international scholars into the subdiscipline of critical security studies.

Introduction / J. Peter Burgess -- Part I: New security concepts. Civilizational security / Brett Bowden -- Risk / Oliver Kessler -- Instruments of insecurity : small arms and contemporary violence / Keith Krause -- Human security : a contested contempt / Taylor Owen -- Critical geopolitics and security / Simon Dalby -- Part II: New security subjects. Biopolitics of security / Michael Dillon -- Gendering security / Laura J. Shepherd -- Identity/Security / Pinar Bilgin -- Security as ethics / Anthony Burke -- Financial security / Marieke de Goede -- Security and international law / Kristin Bergotora Sandvik -- Part III: New security objects. Environmental security / Jon Barnett -- Food security / Steve Wiggins and Rachel Slater -- Energy security / Roland Dannreuther -- Cyber-security / Myriam Dunn Cavelty -- Pandemic security / Stefan Elbe -- Biosecurity and international security implications -- Part IV: New security practices. Surveillance / Mark B. Salter -- Urban insecurity / David Murakami Wood -- Commercial security practices / Anna Leander -- Migration and security / William Walters -- Security technologies / Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet and Julien Jeandesboz -- Designing security / Cynthia Weber and Mark Lacy -- New mobile crime / Monica den Boer.