David Andersen-Rodgers, Kerry F. Crawford

Human Security (eBook, PDF)

Theory and Action

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Human security refers in its broadest sense to the protection of individuals from harm. Human Security: Theory and Action explores the theory and application of concepts central to this notion of security. It examines the conceptual roots of human security, connecting its origins to its applications and challenges in war and peacetime. With a unique focus on the evolving notion of responsibility for security, the text introduces the critical questions and priorities that underpin policies and actions. The text is organized around four sections. The introduction offers an overview of human security and its basic tenets and historical foundations. The second section focuses on human security in armed conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, discussing such issues as the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect, racial inequality, peacekeeping and peace negotiation processes, and humanitarian assistance. The third section identifies the long-term issues that are necessary for a durable human security, including human rights, food security, poverty, gender equality, health security, and environmental sustainability. The final section applies the concepts introduced in the book to twenty-first century concerns and offers insights on turning theory into action. Integrated into the text are many case studies to broaden the student's awareness beyond the conflicts and issues that dominate the media. By balancing theoretical explanations with concrete illustrative cases, both historical and contemporary, the text provides intellectually challenging and intrinsically interesting material and offers a unique, comprehensive introduction human security in war and peace. The second edition of Human Security: Theory and Action examines the conceptual roots of human security, connecting its origins to its application in a time of conflict, inequality, environmental stress, and the aftermath of a global pandemic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881876968
• Artikelnr.: 74846523

Autorenporträt

David Andersen-Rodgers is a professor of political science at California State University, Sacramento. His teaching and research has focused on human security, conflict-induced displacement, foreign policy decision-making, and small arms proliferation.

Kerry F. Crawford is an associate professor of Political Science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She is the author of several books, including Wartime Sexual Violence (2017, Georgetown University Press), Human Security: Theory and Action (2018, Rowman & Littlefield), and The PhD Parenthood Trap (2021, Georgetown University Press). She teaches and researches subjects related to human security, conflict-related sexual violence, United Nations peacekeeping, public opinion on civilian casualties, and gender and bias in the academic profession.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: Introduction to Human Security
1. Human Security-A New Security?
Responsibility for SecurityHuman Security and the Reconceptualization of
SecurityPerspectives on SecurityWhy Human Security?Plan of the Book2.
Historical Foundations of Human Security
The Political Context for a New SecurityDebating SecurityHuman Security: A
Reimagined Security3. Human Security Actors
Security ProvidersResponding to Threats to Human SecurityThe Three Policy
Boxes: Problem, Policy, and OutcomeExploring Global Collaboration and
Evolving Goals: The MDGs and SDGsConclusion4. Human Rights and Human
Security
The Roots of Human RightsHuman Rights and the Protection of a Common
HumanityRestoring Human Rights that Have Been DeniedHuman Rights and Human
SecuritySection II: Armed Conflict and Human Security
5. From Non-Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect
Sovereignty and the Principle of NoninterventionEvolving Norms of
ProtectionHumanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to ProtectLibya
and the Responsibility to ProtectConclusion6. Human Security in Peace
Processes
All Wars Must End?From Cease-Fires to Comprehensive Peace Accords:
Integrating Human Security into Conflict TerminationHuman Security During
Conflict: Protection, Assistance, and AdvocacyConclusion7. Human Security
and Peacebuilding
Security Threats after ConflictState Building, Peacebuilding, and the Human
Security ApproachUN Peace OperationsPolicing after the TroublesNo Peace
Without Justice? Transitional Justice and Human SecurityConclusionSection
III: Durable Human Security
8. Durable Human Security: Breaking the Cycle of Insecurity
Human Security in Armed Conflict and Freedom from FearFrom Armed Conflict
to "Peacetime": Durable Human Security and Freedom from WantEconomic
Security: An Illustration of the Cycle of SecurityOverview of Section III
Chapters9. Health Security as Human Security
Health as a Human Security IssueResponses to the COVID-19
PandemicResponsibility for Health SecurityConclusion: Good Health and Human
Security10. Gender Inequality and Security
Gender and Gender InequalityGender (In)Equality and (In)SecurityGlobal
Efforts to Improve Gender EqualityConclusion: Gender Equality at Home and
Abroad11. Climate Change and Environmental Security
Global Warming and Climate ChangeThe Security Implications of Climate
ChangeGlobal Cooperation and National Interest: Efforts and
ObstaclesInternational Agreements: Top-Down SolutionsThe Youth Climate
Movement: A Cosmopolitan Effort to Save the WorldSecurity Provision from
Below? New Prospects in an Uncertain Time12. Food Security
Hunger as a Human Security ThreatFood Insecurity: Cases and
ExamplesProtection Against HungerSection IV: Conclusions
13. Human Security: An Essential Approach to Twenty-First Century Security
Problems
Requirements of Human SecurityThe Status of Human SecurityHuman Security
and Complex QuestionsHuman Security in a Changing World: Theory and
ActioGlossary
References
Index