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Security and Development in Global Politics
Joanna Spear
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Description for Security and Development in Global Politics
Paperback. Illuminates the significant differences between security and development agendas and approaches to problem solving. This title explores seven core international issues: aid, humanitarian assistance, governance, health, poverty, trade and resources, and demography. Editor(s): Spear, Joanna; Williams, Paul D. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 figures, 8 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Security and development matter: they often involve issues of life and death and they determine the allocation of truly staggering amounts of the world's resources. Particularly since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, there has been momentum in policy circles to merge the issues of security and development to attempt to end conflicts, create durable peace, strengthen failing states, and promote the conditions necessary for people to lead healthier and more prosperous lives. In many ways this blending of security and development agendas seems admirable and designed to produce positive outcomes all around. However, it is often ... Read more
Security and development matter: they often involve issues of life and death and they determine the allocation of truly staggering amounts of the world's resources. Particularly since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, there has been momentum in policy circles to merge the issues of security and development to attempt to end conflicts, create durable peace, strengthen failing states, and promote the conditions necessary for people to lead healthier and more prosperous lives. In many ways this blending of security and development agendas seems admirable and designed to produce positive outcomes all around. However, it is often ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589018860
SKU
V9781589018860
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Ref
99-50
About Joanna Spear
Joanna Spear is director of the Security Policy Studies Program and an associate professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. She is also an associate fellow at Chatham House in London. Paul D. Williams is an associate professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University.
Reviews for Security and Development in Global Politics
This is a very interesting book. Joanna Spear and Paul Williams have taken a very current and relevant area and taken a different approach in analyzing it ... Overall, I would definitely recommend this book and it is the one that I will certainly use in the classroom. I think the arguments are presented in a very accessible and engaging ... Read more