Bill McSweeney

Dr Bill McSweeney is a Senior Research Fellow in International Peace Studies at the University of Dublin, Ireland. Within academia he is considered to be the leading critic of the Copenhagen School of security studies.^[1]

Select Publications

McSweeney, B. (1999) Security, Identity and Interests: A Sociology of International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

^ Terriff, T. and Croft, S. (2000) Critical Reflections on Security and Change, London: Frank Cass Publishers, p. 85

v t e Copenhagen School of security studies
Figures	Barry Buzan Jaap de Wilde Ole Wæver
Key concepts	Securitization Regional Security Complex Theory
Sectors	National security Political security Societal security Economic security Environmental security
Key works	People, States and Fear: The National Security Problem in International Relations (1983) The European Security Order Recast: Scenarios for the Post-Cold War Era (1990) Identity, Migration and the New Security Agenda in Europe (1993) Security: A New Framework for Analysis (1997) Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security (2003)
Related articles	Copenhagen Peace Research Institute