The handbook of global security policy

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 comprehensiv...

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Other Authors: Kaldor, Mary (Editor), Rangelov, Iavor (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: West Sussex, UK Wiley Blackwell 2014
Series:Handbook of global policy series
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 volume illustrations
ISBN:9781118442999
9781118533796
9781118442975
1118442997
1118533798