1st Edition

National, European and Human Security From Co-Existence to Convergence

Edited By Mary Kaldor, Mary Martin, Narcis Serra Copyright 2013
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines how national security strategies relate to an emerging common European or global vision of security, and to human security ideas. Human security and national security are often regarded as competing and mutually antagonistic; the former was proposed and has been operationalised in ways which represent a paradigm shift away from state-centric approaches and the dominance of... Read more

Introduction, Mary Martin, Mary Kaldor and Narcis Serra  1. French Security Policy: A Human Security Perspective, Geneviève Schméder  2. Past Present: The Development Of German Security Strategy After The Cold War, Thomas Bauer  3. A ‘Force For Good’? British National Security And Human Security In An Age Of Counter-Terrorism, Natasha Marhia and Chloe Davies  4. Spain’s National Security Strategy From A Human Security Perspective: Getting Close But Not That Close, Gemma Collantes-Celador  5. Swedish Security Strategy In The Twenty-First Century: What Role For Human Security?, Arita Holmberg  6. The Hidden Human Security Dimension Of The Czech Security Policy, Miloš Balabán, Antonín Rašek and Libor Stejskal  7. Human Security As A ‘Floating Signifier’: Russia’s Re-Interpretation Of The Concept, Andrey S.Makarychev

 

Biography

Mary Martin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of International Development, London School of Economics.  

Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance and director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, at the London School of Economics. 

Narcís Serra is the Chairman of the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI).

‘"This book sets out to examine whether, if at all, human security and national security have converged in the past decade, and how they currently co-exist" (p. 3). It does so by bringing together an accomplished group of scholars to search for the imprint of human security in official documents - statements of doctrine, policy papers, operational guidelines, procurement plans, and so on. The result is a very detailed and fascinating account of a complex, contested and uneven period of transformation.’ - Richard A. Matthew, University of California at Irnive, USA