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



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Autore: MacFarlane S. Neil Visualizza persona
Titolo: Human security and the UN [[electronic resource] ] : a critical history / / S. Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 341.7/2
Soggetto topico: Security, International
Human rights - International cooperation
National security - International cooperation
Internal security - International cooperation
Economic security - International cooperation
Security (Psychology) - International cooperation
Altri autori: KhongYuen Foong <1956->  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Human security and the UN  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612072833
1-282-07283-8
0-253-11199-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784663803321
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Serie: United Nations intellectual history project (Series)