The handbook of global security policy / / edited by Mary Kaldor and Iavor Rangelov

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816473503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014
• ISBN: 1118442911; 1118442970; 1118442997; 9781118442999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (559 p.)
• Collana: Handbooks of global policy
• Altri autori (Persone): KaldorMary; RangelovIavor <1977-.>
• Disciplina: ELECTRONIC BOOK
• Soggetti: Security, International; Security, International - Forecasting
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : global security policy in the 21st century / Mary Kaldor and Iavor Rangelov -- Global security / Ken Booth -- Security and social critique / David Mutimer -- Gender and security / Natasha Marhia -- Security policy and (global) risk(s) / Sabine Selchow -- Human security / Mary Kaldor -- Nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation / Maria Rost Rublee -- Terrorism and antiterrorism / Ekaterina Stepanova -- Genocide and large-scale human rights violations / Martin Shaw -- Transnational crime / John P. Sullivan -- Natural resources and insecurity / Anouk S. Rigterink -- The web of water security / Mark Zeitoun -- Civilian protection / Sarah Sewall -- Humanitarian assistance / Henry Radice -- The evolution of international peacekeeping / Renata Dwan -- State-building, nation-building and reconstruction / Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Denisa Kostovicova and David Rampton -- Strengthening democratic governance in the security sector : the unfulfilled promise of security sector reform / Nicole Ball -- Diplomacy and mediation / Alvaro de Soto -- Global security and international law / Richard Falk -- ; Transitional justice / Iavor Rangelov and Ruti Teitel -- Reframing the use of force : the European Union as a security actor / Mary Martin -- China / May-Britt U. Stumbaum and Sun Xuefeng -- India as global security actor / Jivanta Schuttli and Markus Pauli -- Security agenda in Russia : academic concepts, political discourses and institutional practices / Andrey Makarychev -- Contextualizing global security : the case of Turkey / Aslı Calkıvik -- The United States / Adam Quinn -- Society in fragile contexts / Willemijn Verkoren and Mathijs van Leeuwen -- Protest and politics : how peace movements shape history / David Cortright -- Corporate actors / Shantanu Chakrabarti.
• Sommario/riassunto: This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Edited by two of the field s leading scholars, the volume embraces a broad new definition of security, and examines the risks and challenges posed by new forms of violence.