Globalization and Human Security

✍ Scribed by Paul Battersby, Joseph M. Siracusa

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This concise text presents a focused, well-rounded, and clear-eyed introduction to the concept of human security. Questioning the utility of traditional national-security frameworks in the post–Cold War era, Paul Battersby and Joseph Siracusa argue that we must urgently reconsider the principle of state sovereignty in a global world where threats to humanity are beyond the capacity of any one nation to address through unilateral action. The authors highlight circumstances, actors, and influences beyond the traditional focus on state security, especially the role of international organizations and nongovernmental organizations. They also emphasize the importance of human rights, arguing for the development of an effective intervention capacity to protect individuals from state action as well as other security threats arising from conflict, poverty, disease, and environmental degradation. A welcome alternative to state-centric approaches to security, this balanced book will be a valuable supplement for courses in international and national security.

✦ Table of Contents

contents......Page 8
tables and boxes......Page 10
acknowledgments......Page 12
introduction......Page 14
chapter 1......Page 22
chapter 2......Page 52
chapter 3......Page 82
chapter 4......Page 112
chapter 5......Page 158
chapter 6......Page 188
chapter 7......Page 206
notes......Page 222
bibliographical essay......Page 242
index......Page 254
about the authors......Page 264