Human Security and Natural Disasters

by Christopher Hobson

"Human security" is an approach that rejects the traditional prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the individual as the primary referent of security. It offers a way of broadening our perspective, and recognizing that the most pressing threats to individuals do not come from interstate war, but from the emergencies that affect people every day, such as famine, disease, displacement, civil conflict and environmental degradation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138688002
• ISBN13: 9781138688001
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"