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The Copenhagen School of security studies is a school of academic thought with its origins in international relations theorist Barry Buzan's book People, States and Fear: The National Security Problem in International Relations, first published in 1983. The School places particular emphasis on the non-military aspects of security, representing a shift away from traditional security studies.[1]: 168  Theorists associated with the school include Buzan, Ole Wæver, and Jaap de Wilde. Many of the school's members worked at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, from which its name originates.

The primary book of the Copenhagen School is Security: A New Framework for Analysis, authored by Buzan, Wæver and De Wilde.[2]

  1. ^ Collins, Alan, ed. (2016). Contemporary Security Studies (4th ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198708315. OCLC 933606971.
  2. ^ Buzan, Barry; Wæver, Ole; de Wilde, Jaap (1998). Security: A New Framework for Analysis. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Pub. ISBN 978-1-55587-603-6.