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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787814103321

Autore

Coker Christopher

Titolo

Globalisation and insecurity in the twenty-first century : NATO and the management of risk / / Christopher Coker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-05032-9

1-138-46673-5

1-315-00063-6

1-136-05024-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Collana

Adelphi Paper, , 0567-932X ; ; Number 345

Disciplina

355/.031091821

Soggetti

Security, International

Globalization

Conflict management

Political alienation

Adelphi papers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by Oxford University Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is Globalisation?; Global, Globalism, Globalisation; Chapter 2 War, Globalisation and Global Civil Society; Global Civil Society; Chapter 3 Globalisation and the New Security Agenda; Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Terrorism; Environment; Inequality; Migration; Organised Crime; HIV-AIDS; Rethinking Security in a Globalised Age; Chapter 4 The Risk Community; Risks as Global; Policing Risks; Chapter 5 NATO and the Challenge of Globalisation; The Challenge of Transnationalism; NATO as a Risk Community

NATO, the Doctrine of International Community and the Dialectics of GlobalisationDialectics of Conflict; Conservative Nationalists; Green Radicals; Red Dissidents; Conclusion; Core Strategy; Environment Shaping; Hedging Strategy; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the impact of globalisation on security in the West and in particular the way it has changed the nature of NATO as well as its security agenda.