National, International, and Human Security: A Comparative Introduction / Edition 2

by Laura Neack

Overview

This concise updated edition offers a clear and comprehensive comparison of national, international, and human security. Laura Neack frames key concepts and policies, paired with timely new case studies, arguing that security remains elusive due to a centuries-old ethic insisting that states are the only viable international actors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442275263
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/16/2017
Series:	New Millennium Books in International Studies
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.93(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.68(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Laura Neack is professor of political science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Table of Contents

List of Acronyms Preface 1 The Elusive Nature of Security 2 National Security 3 Internal Security 4 Unilateral Pursuit of External Security 5 Multilateral and Bilateral Responses to External Security Threats 6 International Security: Multinational Efforts to Achieve Security 7 United Nations Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement 8 Human Security 9 Conclusion: Resilience and Imagination Notes Index

Editorial Reviews

"A rare textbook that brings together the insights of a wide range of security theorizing with contemporary events and debates including (but not limited to) the refugee crisis, global terror, and the responsibility to protect."

Guided by a provocative and disquieting thesis that national security fails at every level, Neack skillfully analyzes how the international system, especially the United Nations, protects states and the great power state system. This comprehensive treatment--a blend of theory and policy, generalizations and comparative cases--is bound to inform and stimulate.

This is a well-written and convincing read. . . . A good reference work for students, academics, and others working with security issues on a national or international level.

From the Publisher

"A rare textbook that brings together the insights of a wide range of security theorizing with contemporary events and debates including (but not limited to) the refugee crisis, global terror, and the responsibility to protect."

Pinar Bilgin

Guided by a provocative and disquieting thesis that national security fails at every level, Neack skillfully analyzes how the international system, especially the United Nations, protects states and the great power state system. This comprehensive treatment—a blend of theory and policy, generalizations and comparative cases—is bound to inform and stimulate.

Karen A. Mingst

This is a well-written and convincing read.. .. A good reference work for students, academics, and others working with security issues on a national or international level.

Naima Mouhleb