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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799971803321

Autore

Nishikawa Yukiko

Titolo

Human security in Southeast Asia / / Yukiko Nishikawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-96246-8

1-136-96247-6

1-282-78181-2

9786612781810

0-203-85045-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Routledge security in Asia Pacific series ; ; 16

Disciplina

355/.033059

Soggetti

National security - Southeast Asia

Security, International - Southeast Asia

Human rights - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Politics and government

Southeast Asia Strategic aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Human security: A new label for old challenges?; 2 Human security in Southeast Asia at a turning point; 3 Domestic challenges to human security; 4 Regional challenges to human security; 5 The ASEAN way and human security; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

There is a growing interest in human security in Southeast Asia. This book firstly explores the theoretical and conceptual basis of human security, before focusing on the region itself. It shows how human security has been taken up as a central part of security policy in individual states in Southeast Asia, as well as in the regional security policy within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The book discusses domestic challenges for human security including the insurgencies in southern Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Transnational security issues such as terrorism,