1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451089903321

Titolo

New threats and new actors in international security [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elke Krahmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36522-X

9786611365226

1-4039-8166-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KrahmannElke

Disciplina

355/.033

Soggetti

International relations

Security, International

Terrorism

Arms control

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. [213]-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abstracts; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Civil War; Part III: Terrorism and Transnational Crime; Part IV: HIV/AIDS; Part V: Small Arms and Light Weapons; Part VI: Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Non-state threats and actors have become key topics in contemporary international security as since the end of the Cold War the notion that state is the primary unit of interest in international security has increasingly been challenged. Statistics show that today many more people are killed by ethnic conflicts, HIV/AIDS or the proliferation of small arms than by international war. Moreover, non-state actors, such as non-governmental organizations, private military companies and international regimes, are progressively complementing or even replacing states in the provision of security. Suggesting that such developments can be understood as part of a shift from government to governance in international security, this book examines both how private actors have become one of the main sources of insecurity in the contemporary world and how non-state actors play a growing role in



combating these threats.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002235199707536

Autore

Gurevic, Aron Jakovlevic

Titolo

Le categorie delle culture medievale / A. Ja Gurevic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino : Einaudi, 1983

ISBN

8806556088

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 328 p. ; 21 cm.

Collana

Einaudi Paperbacks. Storia ; 143

Disciplina

940

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910256656303321

Titolo

Organizaciju vadyba : sisteminiai tyrimai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lithuania, : Vilnius University, : Institute of Lithuanian Economic

ISSN

2335-8750

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

658.4

Soggetti

Management

Organization

Business enterprises - Lithuania

Publications périodiques

Science économique

Gestion

Business enterprises

Periodicals.

Lituanie

Lithuania

Lingua di pubblicazione

Lithuanian

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed