Rethinking human security /
[edited by] Moufida Goucha and John Crowley.
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. : [Paris] : Wiley-Blackwell ; UNESCO, 2008.
- 1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-140) and index.
Rethinking human security / Human security and human rights interaction / Conceptualising the environmental dimension of human security in the UN / The ethical challenges of human security in the age of globalisation / Building the agenda of human security : Policy and practice within the human security network / Gender aspects of human security / Basic elements of a policy framework for human security / The uncertain future of human security in the UN / Pierre Sané -- Wolfgang Benedek -- Hans Günter Brauch -- J. Peter Burgess -- Keith Krause -- Ghada Moussa -- Paul Oquist -- Taylor Owen. Abstracts --
This book provides seven studies that addressmajor issues such as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethical and environmental challenges, human security as a basic element for a policy framework, the human security agenda developed by the Human Security Network, and debates on human security within the United Nations.: Building on its variety of themes, the book takes account of the complexity and scope of the concept of human security, and proposes thereby to refresh and enrich discussion; Contributors are internationally renowned experts in the dif.