Social Security category: 3077 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The Security Governance of Regional Organizations assesses the effectiveness of regional organizations as regional or global security providers, and examines how policy preferences, resources, capabilities, institutional mechanisms and economic and political cohesion link with collective action behaviour...
Cultural Security
Evaluating the Power of Culture in International Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Over the past two centuries, abuse of antiquities and fine art has evolved from the “spoils of war” into a medium for conducting terrorism which strives to erase the cultural heritage of “the other”. At the same time, the growth of the art market over the past fifty years has created opportunities...
by Mely Caballero-Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
The threats the world currently faces extend beyond traditional problems such as major power competition, interstate conflict, and nuclear proliferation. Non-traditional security challenges such as climate change, migration, and natural disasters surpass states’ capacity to address them. These limitations...
Uniting Africa
Building Regional Peace and Security Systems
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Plagued by bloody wars and armed conflicts, political instability, communal violence and displaced persons, and at the mercy of natural catastrophes such as drought and famine, it is not surprising that the Western press has long dismissed Africa as the 'hopeless continent'. In the face of these challenges,...
Militarizing the Environment
Climate Change and the Security State
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
As the seriousness of climate change becomes more and more obvious, military institutions are responding by taking a prominent role in the governing of environmental concerns, engaging in “climate change war games,” and preparing for the effects of climate change—from conflicts due to loss of food,...
Global Security Governance
Competing Perceptions of Security in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
This book demarcates the barriers and pathways to major power security cooperation and provides an empirical analysis of threat perception among the world’s major powers.
Divided into three parts, Emil Kirchner and James Sperling use a common analytical framework for the changing security...
EU-Japan Security Cooperation
Trends and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
This book assesses EU-Japan security relations, examining how they have developed in individual security sectors and how they could be affected by international developments.
The conclusions of the Economic Partnership Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2017 demonstrate the...
Security, Law and Borders
At the Limits of Liberties
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
This book focuses on security practices, civil liberties and the politics of borders in liberal democracies.
In the aftermath of 9/11, security practices and the denial of human rights and civil liberties are often portrayed as an exception to liberal rule, and seen as institutionally, legally...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
The Arctic-Barents Region is facing numerous pressures from a variety of sources, including the effect of environmental changes and extractive industrial developments. The threats arising out of these pressures result in human security challenges.
This book analyses the formation, and promotion,...
Taiwan's Marginalized Role in International Security
Paying a Price
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
The complicated question of Taiwan’s sovereignty has led to its exclusion from virtually all international security organizations. This marginalization has left a critical hole not only in the security of Taiwan’s twenty-three million citizens, but also the world at large. Despite possessing both...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
The Routledge Handbook of Russian Security offersa comprehensive collection of essays on all aspects of Russian security and foreign policy by international scholars from across the world.
The volume identifies key contemporary topics of research and debate and takes into account the changes...
The UN Security Council and Domestic Actors
Distance in international law
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This book analyses the exercise of authority by the UN Security Council and its subsidiary organs over individuals. The UN Security Council was created in 1945 as an outcome of World War II under the predominant assumption that it exercises its authority against states. Under this assumption, the...
The Relationship between Human Security Discourse and International Law
A Principled Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The concept of human security has emerged in international relations and policy as an idea which not only seeks to relocate the focus of international society on the individual, but also challenges the current priorities of the international community. In particular it places emphasis on promoting...
Regional Powers and Security Orders
A Theoretical Framework
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
This book presents a new theoretical framework through which to understand the role of regional powers in creating and maintaining regional security orders.
As a result of the retreat of the global powers since the end of the Cold War, it has become clear that international security dynamics...