Goucha / Crowley Rethinking Human Security

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0730-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, E-Book

This book provides seven studies that address major issuessuch as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspectsof human security, ethical and environmental challenges, humansecurity as a basic element for a policy framework, the humansecurity agenda developed by the Human Security Network, anddebates on human security within the United Nations.
* Building on its variety of themes, the book takes account ofthe complexity and scope of the concept of human security, andproposes thereby to refresh and enrich discussion
* Contributors are internationally renowned experts in thedifferent subfields of human security
* Offers an overview of current trends and insights on what is atstake if the international community is to maintain the momentumcreated a few years ago when the concept of human securityemerged
* Designed to help both newcomers and experts in the field ofhuman security
* Readers will find inspiration in the new developments of aconcept that aims to shape practical action to meet the needs ofthe most vulnerable

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goucha, Moufida

Crowley, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Rethinking Human Security (Pierre Sané).
2. Human Security and Human Rights Interaction (WolfgangBenedek).
3. Conceptualising the Environmental Dimension of Human Securityin the UN (Hans Günter Brauch).
4. The Ethical Challenges of Human Security in the Age ofGlobalisation (J. Peter Burgess).
5. Building the Agenda of Human Security: Policy and Practicewithin the Human Security Network (Keith Krause).
6. Gender Aspects of Human Security (Ghada Moussa).
7. Basic Elements of a Policy Framework for Human Security (PaulOquist).
8. The Uncertain Future of Human Security in the UN (TaylorOwen).
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Moufida Goucha is Chief of Section of the Human Security,Democracy and Philosophy Section at UNESCO.
John Crowley is Chief of Section of the Ethics ofSciences and Technology Section at UNESCO. He is also the ChiefEditor of the International Social Sciences Journal.