Broadening Asia's security discourse and agenda : political, social, and environmental perspectives

Going beyond military threats and state-centric analysis, this volume demonstrates the importance of a broad security agenda that incorporates political, economic, social, and environmental dimensions as well as the many linkages between them. It applies non-traditional security perspectives to a range of human challenges across Asia, in the hope of encouraging a security discourse where people are at the vital core. It also explores the potential conceptual and operational benefits of non-traditional security thinking in a continent confronted by both conventional and non-traditional security challenges. Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Introduction Non traditional security in Asia......Page 14 1 Globalization and human development......Page 32 2 Southeast Asia’s embedded mercantilism in crisis International strategies and domestic coalitions......Page 60 3 Poverty as a non traditional security issue Experiences of China’s partnership with multilateral donor institutions on poverty alleviation......Page 85 4 Security and governance in South Asia Their linkages......Page 112 5 Governance in plural societies Sri Lanka......Page 132 6 Sustainable development and human security Lessons from South Asia......Page 160 7 How critical is environmental security as a non traditional security issue in Northeast Asia......Page 187 8 A cultural theory perspective on environment and security issues in Nepal......Page 209 9 The hydro politics of the Mekong River Basin regional cooperation and environmental security......Page 222 10 Alternative security models Implications for ASEAN......Page 258 11 Seeking non traditional security in traditional ways Northeast Asia and emerging security challenges......Page 283 12 Cooperation and institutional transformation in ASEAN Insights from the AFTA project......Page 292 13 Non traditional security cooperation in Northeast Asia......Page 319 Contributors......Page 353 Index......Page 355 Annotation For most people in Asia -- a continent with more than half of the world's population -- the greatest threats to security come from disease, hunger, environmental contamination, crime, and localized violence. But for some, an even greater threat may come from their own government. The citizens of states that are "secure" according to the concept of traditional security can be perilously insecure in terms of their everyday reality. Going beyond military threats and state-centric analysis, this book demonstrates the importance of a broad security agenda that incorporates political, economic, social, and environmental dimensions, as well as the many links between them. It applies non-traditional security perspectives to a range of human challenges across Asia to encourage a security discourse where humans are at the vital core. It also explores the potential practical and conceptual benefits of unconventional security thinking in a continent beset by both conventional and non-traditional security challenges

thakur And Newman (both Of United Nations U., Tokyo) Present The Results Of A Research Project, Funded By The Ford Foundation, Investigating Non-military And Non-state Centric Dimensions Of Security In Northeast, Southeast, And South Asia. The Results Have Here Taken The Form Of 13 Papers Organized Under The Headings Of Social And Economic Perspectives, Governance, Environment, And Institutional Security Perspectives. Among The Specific Topics Addressed Are China's Experience With Multilateral Donor Institutions And Poverty Alleviation, Embedded Mercantilism In Crisis In Southeast Asia, Environmental And Security Issues In Nepal, The Hydro-politics Of The Mekong River Basin, And Institutional Transformation In Asean. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

Going beyond military threats and state-centric analysis, this publication demonstrates the importance of a broad security agenda that incorporates political, economic, social and environmental dimensions. In recent years both the theory and practice of national and international security have undergone evolution.