TY - BOOK AU - Chandler,David TI - Freedom versus necessity in international relations: human-centred approaches to security and development SN - 9781780324845 AV - JZ1306 .C49 2013 U1 - 327.101 PY - 2013/// CY - London, New York PB - Zed Books KW - International relations KW - Philosophy KW - Security, International KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index; Introduction: The subject of governance -- From freedom to necessity -- Resilience : the self-production of society -- Development and human agency -- The social construction of difference -- Empowerment and human security -- Conclusion: Reasserting human freedom N2 - The last two decades have seen the rise to dominance of human-centred understandings of the world. Indeed, it is now rare to read any analysis of insecurity, conflict or development which does not discuss the need to empower local individuals or communities. As David Chandler argues in this path-breaking book, human-centred approaches have limited rather than expanded the transformative possibilities available to us, and if real change is to be achieved then a radical re-think is required UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2013431659-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2013431659-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2013431659-t.html ER -