Human Security

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3853-9

Hardcover

240 pages

October 2007, Polity

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New book by Mary Kaldor, a leading expert in this field and author of influential titles such as The Imaginary War and New and Old Wars
Explores the concept of human security and shows how our current security conceptions, drawn from the dominant experience of World War II and based on the use of conventional military force, do not reduce insecurity; rather they make it worse.
Makes the case for a new approach to security based on a global conversation- a public debate among civil society groups and individuals as well as states and international institutions
Coverage includes the experience of humanitarian intervention, the nature of American power, the new nationalist and religious movements that are associated with globalization, and how these dilemmas have played out in the Balkans
Also deals with the evolution of the idea of global civil society, the relevance of just war theory in a global era, and the concept of human security and what it might mean to implement such a concept
Will appeal to all those interested in issues of peace and conflict, in particular to students of politics and international relations