Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xix, 346 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
025321839X
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0253347149
Serie:
United Nations intellectual history project
Inhalt:
How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role of the United Nations in "securing" the individual? What are the payoffs and costs of this extension of the concept? Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong tackle these questions by analyzing historical and contemporary debates about what is to be secured. From Westphalia through the 19th century, the state's claim to be the object of security was sustainable because it offered its subjects some
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-323) and index
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Cover; Contents; Foreward; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. the Archaeology of Human Security; 1. The Prehistory of Human Security; 2. The UN and Human Security during the Cold War; 3. The Evolving Critique of National Security; Part II. The Emergence of Human Security; 4. The UN and Human Security: The Development Dimension; 5. The UN and Human Security: The Protection Dimension; 6. Human Security and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups; 7. Human Security and the UN: A Critique; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Authors; Untitled
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780253347145
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Human Security and the UN : A Critical History
Sprache:
Englisch
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