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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457571103321

Autore

MacFarlane S. Neil

Titolo

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

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