World Security
Challenges for a New Century
3rd Edition
Published on 15. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-312-14990-1 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive collection of original and edited essays provides students with an introduction to contemporary global issues. Klare's selections provide a consistent global perspective, covering topics such as violence against women and trans-sovereign issues.
Reviews / Votes
Preface. About the Contributors. 1. Seyom Brown, "World Interests and the Changing Dimensions of Security" 2. James N. Rosenau, "The Dynamism of a Turbulent World" 3. Daniel N. Nelson, "Threats and Capacities: Great Powers and Global Insecurity" 4. Michael T. Klare, "The Era of Multiplying Schisms: World Security in the Twenty-First Century" 5. Karen Dawisha, "The Imperial Impulse: Russia and the "Near Abroad" 6. Barry Buzan and Gerald Segal, "Rethinking East Asian Security" 7. Michael C. Hudson, "The United States and the Middle East" 8. Zachary S. Davis, "Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation Policy in the 1990s" 9. Michael T. Klare and Lora Lumpe, "Fanning the Flames of War: Conventional Arms Transfers in the 1990s" 10. Michael E. Brown, "The Causes of Internal Conflict" 11. Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, "The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping and Peacemaking: Lessons from the Past and Challenges for the Future" 12. Charlotte Bunch and Roxanna Carillo, "Global Violence against Women: The Challenge to Human Rights and Development" 13. Phil Williams, "Transnational Criminal Organizations and International Security" 14. Michael Renner, "The Global Divide: Socioeconomic Disparities and International Security" 15. Vincent Ferraro, Ana Cristina R. Santos, and Julie Ginocchio, "The Global Trading System and International Politics" 16. Janet Welsh Brown, "International Environmental Cooperation as a Contribution to World Security" 17. Thomas Homer-Dixon, "Environmental Scarcity and Intergroup Conflict" 18. Dennis Pirages, "Demographic Change to World Security" 19. Robert C. Johansen, "Building World Security: The Need for Strengthened International Institutions" Index.More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-14990-1 (9780312149901)
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Previous edition
Book
12/1993
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€41.03
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Content
Preface. About the Contributors. 1. Seyom Brown, "World Interests and the Changing Dimensions of Security" 2. James N. Rosenau, "The Dynamism of a Turbulent World" 3. Daniel N. Nelson, "Threats and Capacities: Great Powers and Global Insecurity" 4. Michael T. Klare, "The Era of Multiplying Schisms: World Security in the Twenty-First Century" 5. Karen Dawisha, "The Imperial Impulse: Russia and the "Near Abroad" 6. Barry Buzan and Gerald Segal, "Rethinking East Asian Security" 7. Michael C. Hudson, "The United States and the Middle East" 8. Zachary S. Davis, "Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation Policy in the 1990s" 9. Michael T. Klare and Lora Lumpe, "Fanning the Flames of War: Conventional Arms Transfers in the 1990s" 10. Michael E. Brown, "The Causes of Internal Conflict" 11. Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, "The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping and Peacemaking: Lessons from the Past and Challenges for the Future" 12. Charlotte Bunch and Roxanna Carillo, "Global Violence against Women: The Challenge to Human Rights and Development" 13. Phil Williams, "Transnational Criminal Organizations and International Security" 14. Michael Renner, "The Global Divide: Socioeconomic Disparities and International Security" 15. Vincent Ferraro, Ana Cristina R. Santos, and Julie Ginocchio, "The Global Trading System and International Politics" 16. Janet Welsh Brown, "International Environmental Cooperation as a Contribution to World Security" 17. Thomas Homer-Dixon, "Environmental Scarcity and Intergroup Conflict" 18. Dennis Pirages, "Demographic Change to World Security" 19. Robert C. Johansen, "Building World Security: The Need for Strengthened International Institutions" Index.