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

• Autore: MacFarlane S. Neil
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• Altri titoli varianti: Human security and the United Nations
• Titolo autorizzato: Human security and the UN
• ISBN: 9786612072833; 1-282-07283-8; 0-253-11199-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828648503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: United Nations intellectual history project (Series)