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David Andersen-Rodgers is an Associate Professor of Political Science and coordinator of the Peace and Conflict Resolution minor at California State University, Sacramento. He has worked in Washington D.C. as a researcher and Scoville Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists.
Kerry F. Crawford is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at James Madison University. She was the International Studies Association’s 2015-2016 James N. Rosenau Postdoctoral Fellow. She is the author of Wartime Sexual Violence: From Silence to Condemnation of a Weapon of War.
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Section I: Introduction to Human Security
1. Human Security - A New Security?
2. Historical Foundations of Human Security
3. Human Security Actors
4. Human Rights and Human Security
Section II: Armed Conflict and Human Security
5. From Non-Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect
6. Human Security in Peace Process
7. Human Security and Peacebuilding
Section III: Durable Human Security
8. The Cycle of Security: From Human Security in Armed Conflict to Durable Human Security
9. Heath Security as Human Security
10. Gender Inequality and Security
11. Climate Change and Environmental Security
12. Food Security
Section IV: Applying Human Security
13. Is Human Security Possible in the Twenty-First Century?
14. Human Security: From Theory to Action
Glossary
References
Index
Human Security: Theory and Action is an authoritative work. This study introduces the concept of durable human security and shows its relevance across the board. Subjects covered effectively include armed conflict and war, Responsibility to Protect, peace-building, public health and climate change. This book is essential reading about security issues in particular and international studies in general.
— Patrick James, Dornsife Dean’s Professor, School of International Relations, USC
This useful textbook covers all of the essential debates around the various dimensions of security. It will be a valuable resource to undergraduate students who study international relations, human rights, or development, as well as to the readers who want to better understand questions about war, peace, protection, and international intervention.
— Séverine Autesserre, author of Peaceland and The Trouble with the Congo
- "Think About It" boxes in each chapter present open-ended questions and scenarios to foster critical thinking and engagement with the concepts discussed. These adaptations of actual classroom activities used by the authors also aim to promote discussion and participation among diverse groups of students.
- Selected cases studies for each chapter in sections II, III, and IV present a broad range of regions, types of conflicts and movements, and perspectives. They underscore the central points in each chapter while also directing the reader’s attention to wars, social movements, and human rights issues that are less well known.
- A set of learning objectives at the outset of each chapter offers concrete and measurable outcomes to help instructors and students assess comprehension of the concepts presented.
- A list of discussion questions at the end of each chapter will help instructors or student discussion leaders guide in-depth discussions of the concepts.
- Each chapter contains a list of sources for further reading and online exploration