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Informationen zum Autor Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics. She is the author of many books, including New & Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era (2013) and The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the Changing Rules of War and Peace (2010). She was a founding member of European Nuclear Disarmament and of the Helsinki Citizen's Assembly. Iavor Rangelov is Global Security Research Fellow at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics. He is co-chair of the London Transitional Justice Network and author of Nationalism and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Balkans and Beyond (2014). Klappentext This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century.* Embraces a broad definition of security that extends beyond the threat of foreign military attack to cover new risks for violence* Offers comprehensive coverage framed around key security concepts, risks, policy tools, and global security actors* Discusses pressing contemporary issues including terrorism, disarmament, genocide, sustainability, international peacekeeping, state-building, natural disasters, energy and food security, climate change, and cyber warfare* Includes insightful and accessible contributions from around the world aimed at a broad base of scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers Zusammenfassung This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Edited by two of the field s leading scholars, the volume embraces a broad new definition of security, and examines the risks and challenges posed by new forms of violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ix Introduction: Global Security Policy in the Twenty-First Century 1 Mary Kaldor and Iavor Rangelov Part I Key Concepts 9 1 Global Security 11 Ken Booth 2 Security and Social Critique 31 David Mutimer 3 Gender and Security 51 Natasha Marhia 4 Security Policy and (Global) Risk(s) 68 Sabine Selchow 5 Human Security 85 Mary Kaldor Part II Policy Arenas 103 6 Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation 105 Maria Rost Rublee 7 Terrorism and Antiterrorism 126 Ekaterina Stepanova 8 Genocide and Large-Scale Human Rights Violations 145 Martin Shaw 9 Transnational Crime 160 John P. Sullivan 10 Natural Resources and Insecurity 175 Anouk S. Rigterink 11 The Web of Water Security 190 Mark Zeitoun Part III Policy Tools 209 12 Civilian Protection 211 Sarah Sewall 13 Humanitarian Assistance 232 Henry Radice 14 The Evolution of International Peacekeeping 247 Renata Dwan 15 State-Building, Nation-Building, and Reconstruction 265 Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Denisa Kostovicova, and David Rampton 16 Strengthening Democratic Governance in the Security Sector: The Unfulfilled Promise of Security Sector Reform 282 Nicole Ball 17 Diplomacy and Mediation 300 Àlvaro de Soto 18 Global Security and International Law 320 Richard Falk 19 Transitional Justice 338 Iavor Rangelov and Ruti Teitel Part IV Global Security Actors 353 20 Reframing the Use of Force: The European Union as a Security Actor 355 Mary Martin 21 China 371 May-Britt U. Stumbaum and Sun Xuefeng 22 India as a Global Security Actor 388 Ji...
