Protecting human security in a post 9 11 world : critical and global insights

Written by leading authorities from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America, this groundbreaking volume offers the first truly global and critical perspective on human security in the post 9/11 world. The collection offers unique interpretations on mainstream discourses on human security; blends theory and comparative analysis of the human security condition in innovative ways; and opens up the field to a new research agenda in critical human security to offer a challenging and provocative perspective on a key global issue. The Failure Of The Us-led Coalition To Achieve Its Stated Objectives Of Removing The Threat Of Terror Illustrates The Ineffectiveness Of The National Security Paradigm In Addressing The Principal Sources Of Insecurity In Our Globalizing, Post 9/11 World. However, The Concept Of 'human Security', Which Seeks To Replace The State With The Individual As The Primary Locus Of Security, Remains Vague, Conceptually Fuzzy And Difficult To Put Into Practice. In An Effort To Address These Limitations And To Suggest Ways In Which The Concept Of Human Security Can Be Protected In The Light Of The Us-led 'war On Terror', This Unique Volume Brings Together Leading International Scholars From Asia, Africa, Europe, And North And South America To Critically Examine Human Security In The Post 9/11 Environment And To Suggest A New Research Agenda In Critical Human Security Studies. Challenging And Provocative, This Book Is A Timely Contribution To Understanding The Post 9/11 Era. Introduction : Protecting Human Security In A Post 9/11 World / Giorgio Shani -- 'democratic Imperialism', 'neo-liberal Globalization' And Human In/security In The Global South / Giorgio Shani -- The 'vital Core' : From Bare Life To The Biopolitics Of Human Security / Jacqueline Berman -- Human Security : Toward Gender Inclusion / Ian Gibson And Betty Reardon -- Downside Risks And Human Security / Yoichi Mine -- Human Security And Japanese Diplomacy : Debates On The Role Of Human Security In Japanese Policy / Makoto Sato -- Transnational Crime And Human Insecurity In Southeast Asia / Jun Honna -- Globalization, The War On Terror And Human In/security In South Asia / Giorgio Shani -- Human Security In Sub-saharan Africa: Conflict Resolution And The Role Of Civil Society / Hussein Solomon -- Human Security And The Limits Of International Intervention: A Comparison Of Post-conflict Angola And Mozambique / Chris Alden -- Human Security And Insecurity: A Perspective From The Other America / Jorge Nef -- Human Security And Exceptionalism(s): Securitization, Neoliberalism, And Islam / Mustapha Kamal Pasha. Edited By Giorgio Shani, Makoto Sato, Mustapha Kamal Pasha ; Foreword By Anthony G. Mcgrew. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 200-220) And Index. Cover......Page 2 Contents......Page 7 List of Figure and Table......Page 9 Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Notes on the Contributors......Page 13 List of Abbreviations......Page 16 1 Introduction: Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World......Page 19 Part I: Critical Insights......Page 33 2 'Democratic Imperialism', 'Neo-liberal Globalization' and Human In/Security in the Global South......Page 35 3 The 'Vital Core': from Bare Life to the Biopolitics of Human Security......Page 48 4 Human Security: toward Gender Inclusion......Page 68 5 Downside Risks and Human Security......Page 82 Part II: Global Perspectives......Page 99 6 Human Security and Japanese Diplomacy: Debates on the Role of Human Security in Japanese Policy......Page 101 7 Transnational Crime and Human Insecurity in South East Asia......Page 115 8 Globalization, the 'War on Terror' and Human In/Security in South Asia......Page 133 9 Human Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflict Resolution and the Role of Civil Society......Page 149 10 Human Security and the Limits of International Intervention: a Comparison of Post-conflict Angola and Mozambique......Page 160 11 Human Security and Insecurity: a Perspective from the Other America......Page 177 12 Human Security and Exceptionalism(s): Securitization, Neo-liberalism and Islam......Page 195 Conclusion......Page 211 Bibliography......Page 218 C......Page 239 G......Page 240 I......Page 241 N......Page 242 T......Page 243 Y......Page 244