Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World
Subtitle: Critical and Global Insights
Contributors: Giorgio Shani (Editor); Makoto Sato (Editor); Mustapha Kamal Pasha (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780230006454
Subjects: International relations; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / Globalization; Globalization; 21st century; Security, International
Description: The failure of the US-led coalition to achieve its stated objectives of removing the threat of terror illustrates the ineffectiveness of the national security paradigm in addressing the principal sources of insecurity in our globalizing, post 9/11 world. However, the concept of 'human security', which seeks to replace the state with the individual as the primary locus of security, remains vague, conceptually fuzzy and difficult to put into practice. In an effort to address these limitations and to suggest ways in which the concept of human security can be protected in the light of the US-led 'war on terror', this unique volume brings together leading international scholars from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America to critically examine human security in the post 9/11 environment and to suggest a new research agenda in critical human security studies. Challenging and provocative, this book is a timely contribution to understanding the post 9/11 era.