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Human Security Report 2005
Human Security Report Project
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Description for Human Security Report 2005
Paperback. National security remains important, but in a world in which interstate war is the rare exception there is a need for a global security audit. This report offers an annual mapping of the incidence, intensity, causes, and consequences of global violence and policy responses to that violence. It has a series of essays focusing on a thematic issue. Series: Human Security Report. Num Pages: 170 pages, Colour photographs, halftones and numerous figures. BIC Classification: JPS; JW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 650.
Since the end of the Cold War, armed conflicts have increasingly taken place within, and not between, states. Boundaries between political and criminal violence are becoming increasingly blurred, while the very definition of "security" is undergoing radical change. Today, security is about the protection of communities and individuals from internal violence as well as the defense of borders against external threats. It is this focus--on the individual rather than the state--which distinguishes "human security" from "national security". National security is about protecting the state; human security is about protecting people. Both should be mutually reinforcing, but secure states do not ... Read more
Since the end of the Cold War, armed conflicts have increasingly taken place within, and not between, states. Boundaries between political and criminal violence are becoming increasingly blurred, while the very definition of "security" is undergoing radical change. Today, security is about the protection of communities and individuals from internal violence as well as the defense of borders against external threats. It is this focus--on the individual rather than the state--which distinguishes "human security" from "national security". National security is about protecting the state; human security is about protecting people. Both should be mutually reinforcing, but secure states do not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
Series
Human Security Report
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195307399
SKU
V9780195307399
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Reviews for Human Security Report 2005
None of us is secure unless all of us are secure
I welcome the new Human Security Report as a major contribution to a more secure planet."
Carol Bellamy, CEO, World Learning and President, School for International Training; Executive Director of UNICEF (1995-2005)
The Human Security Report is a classic why-hasn't-someone-done-this-before project. This annual publication will be immensely useful ... Read more
I welcome the new Human Security Report as a major contribution to a more secure planet."
Carol Bellamy, CEO, World Learning and President, School for International Training; Executive Director of UNICEF (1995-2005)
The Human Security Report is a classic why-hasn't-someone-done-this-before project. This annual publication will be immensely useful ... Read more