Human and water security in Israel and Jordan / / Philip Jan Schafer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910437793103321
• Autore: Schafer Philip Jan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Heidelberg ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013
• ISBN: 1-283-90906-5; 3-642-29299-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (120 p.)
• Collana: SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace ; ; v. 3
• Classificazione: 320; 333.7; 360
• Disciplina: 333.79500956; 333.910095694
• Soggetti: Human security - Israel; Water security - Israel; Human security - Jordan; Water security - Jordan; Israel Foreign relations Jordan; Jordan Foreign relations Israel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Human and Water Security in Israel and Jordan; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Reference; 2 The Concept of Security; 2.1 Conceptualization and Re-Conceptualization of Security; 2.2 Human and National Security; 2.2.1 Human Security; 2.2.2 Convergence of Human and National Security?; 2.3 Threat, Challenge, Vulnerability and Risk; 2.3.1 Threat; 2.3.2 Challenge; 2.3.3 Vulnerability; 2.3.4 Risk; 2.4 Security Goals; References; 3 Water Security; 3.1 Quantity of Water Supply; 3.2 Quality of Water Supply; 3.3 Blue and Green Water Versus Soil and Ground Water; References; 4 Securitization and Discourse4.1 Theory of Securitization; 4.2 Levels of Securitization; 4.3 Violization and Opportunization; 4.4 Identity; 4.5 Discourse Analysis; 4.6 Operationalizing Human Security; References; 5 The Human Security Discourse in Jordan; 5.1 A Threshold for Human Security in Jordan; 5.2 The Scientific Security Discourse in Jordan; 5.2.1 ; Arab Thought Forum; 5.2.2 Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center; 5.2.3 Center for Strategic Studies of the University of Jordan; 5.2.4 Conclusion: Scientific Security Discourse in Jordan; 5.3 Security Discourse of State Executives in Jordan; 5.3.1 Security Discourse of State Executives in Jordan around 19995.3.2 Security Discourse of State Executives of the Rifai Government; 5.3.3 Security Discourse of State Executives in Jordan since the Arab Spring; 5.3.4 Conclusion: Security Discourse of State Executives in Jordan; 5.4 A Human Security Perspective in Jordan?; References; 6 The Human Security Discourse in Israel; 6.1 A Threshold for Human Security in Israel; 6.2 The Scientific Security Discourse in Israel; 6.2.1 The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; 6.2.2 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; 6.2.3 Peres Center for Peace; 6.2.4 Conclusion: Scientific Security Discourse in Israel6.3 Security Discourse of State Executives in Israel; 6.3.1 Security Discourse of State Executives Around the Year 1999; 6.3.2 Security Discourse of State Executives of the Netanjahu Government in Israel; 6.3.3 Conclusion: Security Discourse of State Executives in Israel; 6.4 A Human Security Perspective in Israel?; 6.5 Comparison: Human Security Discourse in Israel and Jordan; References; 7 Securitization of Water in Jordan and Israel; 7.1 Historical Overview: Measures to Secure Water Supply; 7.1.1 The Johnston Plan; 7.1.2 The Six Day War7.1.3 The Peace Accords; 7.2 Tensions Over the Allocation of Water in 1999; 7.3 Securitization of Water and Security Perspectives in Israel and Jordan; 7.4 De-Securitization of Water; References; 8 Conclusion; Reference; Author Biography
• Sommario/riassunto: The work aims at answering the question as to how far discourses on human security are present in Jordan and Israel, if they converge and if political solutions for the issue of water security could be derived. The analysis is based on the assumption that from human security perspective common solutions for urgent problems can be derived more easily than out of a perspective of national security. Yet it is acknowledged that according to a new security perspective different security threats are being identified by relevant actors. An empirical analysis of written statements and utterances of the respective security elites establishes the methodological tool for the identification of human security discourses in Israel and Jordan. Subsequently it is estimated how far water is presented as a matter of national security in Israel and Jordan using the theory of securitization.