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The Handbook of Global Security Policy
Mary Kaldor (Ed.)
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Description for The Handbook of Global Security Policy
Hardcover. This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Edited by two of the field's leading scholars, the volume embraces a broad new definition of security, and examines the risks and challenges posed by new forms of violence. Editor(s): Kaldor, Mary; Rangelov, Iavor. Series: HGP - Handbooks of Global Policy. Num Pages: 558 pages, map. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1012.
This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century.
- Embraces a broad definition of security that extends beyond the threat of foreign military attack to cover new risks for violence
- Offers comprehensive coverage framed around key security concepts, risks, policy tools, and global security actors
- Discusses pressing contemporary issues including terrorism, disarmament, genocide, sustainability, international peacekeeping, state-building, natural disasters, energy and food security, climate change, and cyber warfare
- Includes insightful and accessible contributions from around the world aimed at a broad base of scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
558
Condition
New
Series
HGP - Handbooks of Global Policy
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470673225
SKU
V9780470673225
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99-50
About Mary Kaldor (Ed.)
Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics. She is the author of many books, including New & Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era (2013) and The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the Changing Rules of War and Peace ... Read more
Reviews for The Handbook of Global Security Policy
“The changing nature of security has been breathtaking in its speed and unexpected turns since the end of the Cold War. Mary Kaldor's consistent accuracy in mapping those changes has been an invaluable and reliable guide as we enter into ever more uncertain territory. The Handbook should lie at the ready on any policy maker's desk.” (Expofairs, 1 October 2015) ... Read more