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Crowley, John
Moufida Goucha, John Crowley
ISBN: 9781405192637
Format: Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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The seven studies in this book address the interlinkages with human security of such major issues as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethical and environmental challenges, human security as a basic element for a policy framework, the human security agenda developed by the Human Security Network, and debates on human security within the United Nations…
This book provides seven studies that address major issues such as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethical and environmental challenges, human security as a basic element for a policy framework, the human security agenda developed by the Human Security Network, and debates on human security within the United Nations. * Building on its variety of themes, the book takes account of the complexity and scope of the concept of human security, and proposes thereby to refresh and enrich discussion * Contributors are internationally renowned experts in the different subfields of human security * Offers an overview of current trends and insights on what is at stake if the international community is to maintain the momentum created a few years ago when the concept of human security emerged * Designed to help both newcomers and experts in the field of human security * Readers will find inspiration in the new developments of a concept that aims to shape practical action to meet the needs of the most vulnerable
| ISBN | 1405192631 | | Pages | 160 | | ISBN13 | 9781405192637
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 278 | | Imprint | Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) | | Published in | Chicester | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | International Social Science Journal Monograph | | Publication date | 17 Oct 2008 | | Height (mm) | 249 | | Library of Congress | JC585 | | Width (mm) | 176 | | DEWEY | 323 | | Spine width (mm) | 7 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Abstracts | | 1 | | | | Rethinking human security by Pierre Sane | | 5 | | | | Human security and human rights interaction by Wolfgang Benedek | | 7 | | | | Conceptualising the environmental dimension of human security in the UN by Hans Gunter Brauch | | 19 | | | | The ethical challenges of human security in the age of globalisation by J. Peter Burgess | | 49 | | | | Building the agenda of human security: policy and practice within the Human Security Network by Keith Krause | | 65 | | | | Gender aspects of human security by Ghada Moussa | | 81 | | | | Basic elements of a policy framework for human security by Paul Oquist | | 101 | | | | The uncertain future of human security in the UN by Taylor Owen | | 113 | | | | References | | 129 | | | | Index | | 141 |
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