Globalization and Human Security

by Joseph M. Siracusa and Paul Battersby

Book Overview

This concise text presents a focused, well-rounded, and clear-eyed introduction to the concept of human security. Questioning the utility of traditional national-security frameworks in the post-Cold War era, Paul Battersby and Joseph M. Siracusa argue that we must urgently reconsider the principle of state sovereignty in a global world where threats to humanity are beyond the capacity of any one nation to address through unilateral action.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742556530
• ISBN13: 9780742556539
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary