Human Security In A Borderless World
by Derek S. Reveron /
2011 / English / PDF
2.5 MB Download
To fully understand contemporary security studies, we must move
beyond the traditional focus on major national powers and big
wars. Modern threats to security include issues such as
globalization, climate change, pandemic diseases, endemic
poverty, weak and failing states, transnational narcotics
trafficking, piracy, and vulnerable information systems.
To fully understand contemporary security studies, we must move
beyond the traditional focus on major national powers and big
wars. Modern threats to security include issues such as
globalization, climate change, pandemic diseases, endemic
poverty, weak and failing states, transnational narcotics
trafficking, piracy, and vulnerable information systems.Human Security in a Borderless World
Human Security in a Borderless World offers a
fresh, detailed examination of these challenges that threaten
human beings, their societies, and their governments today.
Authors Derek S. Reveron and Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris provide a
thought-provoking exploration of civic, economic, environmental,
maritime, health, and cyber security issues in this era of
globalization, including thorough consideration of the policy
implications for the United States. They argue that human
security is now national security.
offers a
fresh, detailed examination of these challenges that threaten
human beings, their societies, and their governments today.
Authors Derek S. Reveron and Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris provide a
thought-provoking exploration of civic, economic, environmental,
maritime, health, and cyber security issues in this era of
globalization, including thorough consideration of the policy
implications for the United States. They argue that human
security is now national security.
This timely and engaging book is an essential text for today's
courses on security studies, foreign policy, international
relations, and global issues. Features include three special
sections in each chapter that explain potential counterarguments
about the topic under consideration; explore the policy debates
that dominate the area of study; and illuminate concrete examples
of security threats. Richly illustrated and accessibly written,
This timely and engaging book is an essential text for today's
courses on security studies, foreign policy, international
relations, and global issues. Features include three special
sections in each chapter that explain potential counterarguments
about the topic under consideration; explore the policy debates
that dominate the area of study; and illuminate concrete examples
of security threats. Richly illustrated and accessibly written,Human Security in a Borderless World
Human Security in a Borderless World is designed to
encourage critical thinking and bring the material to life for
students.
is designed to
encourage critical thinking and bring the material to life for
students.