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State Responses to Human Security: At Home and Abroad book cover

1st Edition

State Responses to Human Security At Home and Abroad

Edited By Courtney Hillebrecht, Tyler R. White, Patrice C. McMahon Copyright 2014
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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The aim of this book is to analyse why and how states respond to human security, both at home and abroad. Although states still define security as "the defense of territory" from military attack, increasingly security pertains to the protection of human beings from violence. This violence can emerge from rebels, drug traffickers, terrorism, and even environmental and demographic changes.... Read more

Foreword  1. Human Security Revisited  2. Unrest, Subversion, Repression and Human Security in China  3. A Hostile Environment? Lessons about Environmental Security from Post-Soviet Central Asia  4. Mexican Governors: The Nation’s New Viceroys  5. When to Hold and When to Fold: Assessing and Responding to Political Uprisings in Authoritarian Regimes  6. "Mexi-Stan": Human Security along the US--Mexico Border  7. Human Security and Human Rights for Detainees: The Effects of US Policy after 9/11  8. International Norms And Human Security: Libya, R2P, and the Humanitarian Intervention Consensus  9. The Future of Human Security: Taking Advantage of a States-First World  10: People, Power and the Arab Spring: Individual Wellbeing and Political Instability  11. Conclusion: The Emerging Picture of Human Security

Biography

Courtney Hillebrecht is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2010).

Tyler R. White is a lecturer in International Politics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Patrice C. McMahon is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She is also the author/editor of three previous books, including, most recently, Statebuilding and the International Community (Routledge, 2012).

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