World Security
Challenges for a New Century
2nd Edition
Published on 1. December 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-312-08584-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of 20 essays on contemporary topics in world peace and security. The essays feature a globalist perspective on problems and issues in world politics - arguing that global problems can only be solved through international cooperation. The collection also encompasses non-military issues, such as the global environment, human rights and the international political economy. Other topics covered include global violence against women, the future of the former Soviet states and population growth.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations, map
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
528 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-08584-1 (9780312085841)
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12/1997
3rd Edition
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
€112.84
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Content
1. A Globalist Approach to World Security - S. Brown; 2. Conflict Between the Advances Industrial Nations - F. Bergston; 3. Democratization: Risks and Opportunities - T. Kart & P. Schmitter; 4. Beyond the USSR - Democracy, Development and Disorder in the Commonwealth of Independent Nations - W. Clemens, Jr; 5. The Future of Nuclear Weapons & Nuclear Arms Control - A. Krass; 6. Nuclear Proliferation - Z. Davis; 7. Regional Conflicts and Their Resolution - L. Kreisberg; 8. Ethnic and Nationalist Conflict - D. Horowitz; 9. Militarization and Development in the Third World - N. Ball; 10. Conventional Arms Transfers - M. Klare; 11. UN Peacemaking and Peacekeeping - M. Karns & K. Mingst; 12. Promoting Human Rights - S. Marks; 13. Global Violence Against Women - C. Bunch & R. Carrillo; 14. Population Growth and Demographic Stress - D. Pirages; 15. Migrations, Refugees and Anti-Immigrant Violence - A. Zolberg; 16. Global Debt and Third World Development - V. Ferraro; 17. The Environment & International Security - J. Tuchman Mathews; 18. Environmental Decline & Inter-Group Conflict - T. Homer-Dixon; 19. World Hunger - J. Collins; 20. International Institutions and World Security - R. Johansen.