Logic in the 20th century : a series of papers on the present state and tendencies of studies / Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, George Epstein, Petr Hajek, Tomas Havranek, David G. Holdsworth, Clifford A. Hooker, Gabriele Lollo, Ilkka Niiniluoto

• Record Nr.: UNINA990003971130403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano : Scientia, 1983
• Disciplina: 515
• Locazione: DETEC
• Collocazione: 00 L1199
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Human security and the UN [[electronic resource] ] : a critical history / / S. Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457571103321
• Autore: MacFarlane S. Neil
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 9786612072833; 1-282-07283-8; 0-253-11199-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Collana: United Nations intellectual history project
• Altri autori (Persone): KhongYuen Foong <1956->
• Disciplina: 341.7/2
• Soggetti: Security, International; Human rights - International cooperation; National security - International cooperation; Internal security - International cooperation; Economic security - International cooperation; Security (Psychology) - International cooperation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-323) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The prehistory of human security -- The UN and human security during the cold war -- The evolving critique of national security -- The UN and human security : the development dimension -- The UN and human security : the protection dimension -- Human security and the protection of vulnerable groups -- Human security and the UN : a critique.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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