New Threats and New Actors in International Security / / edited by E. Krahmann

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2005.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.033
• Soggetto topico: International relations; Politics and war; International Relations; Military and Defence Studies
• Altri autori: KrahmannElke
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-222) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abstracts; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Civil War; Part III: Terrorism and Transnational Crime; Part IV: HIV/AIDS; Part V: Small Arms and Light Weapons; Part VI: Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Non-state threats and actors have become key topics in contemporary international security as since the end of the Cold War the notion that state is the primary unit of interest in international security has increasingly been challenged. Statistics show that today many more people are killed by ethnic conflicts, HIV/AIDS or the proliferation of small arms than by international war. Moreover, non-state actors, such as non-governmental organizations, private military companies and international regimes, are progressively complementing or even replacing states in the provision of security. Suggesting that such developments can be understood as part of a shift from government to governance in international security, this book examines both how private actors have become one of the main sources of insecurity in the contemporary world and how non-state actors play a growing role in combating these threats.
• ISBN: 9786611365226; 9781281365224; 128136522X; 9781403981660; 1403981663
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911138285603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II