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Human security and mutual vulnerability : the global political economy of development and underdevelopment / J. Nef.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Nef, Jorge.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- International economic relations.
- Security, International.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jorge Nef responds to one of the most pressing intellectual challenges of the post-Cold War era: the search for an analytical framework that will help us understand this turbulent and chaotic period in human history. His lucid and visionary analysis rests on the concept of mutual vulnerability: that in an increasingly interdependent world, global security is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. This second edition includes new analyses of the economic crisis in Asia, the transformation of the G-7 into the G-8, the easing of the debt crisis, and Soros' critique of the New World Order. Data and sources are also updated, as are the discussions of conflicts in Africa, the former Yugoslavia, and central Asia.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Paradigms of Crisis and the Crisis of Paradigms
- The changing foundations of the world system
- Security in a new era
- Chapter 1: A Framework for Analysis
- The concept of world system
- The elements of the system
- The present world system as a complex conglomerate
- The concept of human security
- Chapter 2: Environmental Insecurity
- Reciprocating dysfunctions
- The global environmental regime
- Chapter 3: Economic Insecurity
- The symptoms of the economic crisis
- The global economic regime
- Chapter 4: Social Insecurity
- The sources of social insecurity
- The global society
- Chapter 5: Political Insecurity
- The global political crisis and its manifestations
- The global regime
- Chapter 6: Cultural Insecurity
- Not a clash, but a crisis of civilization
- The closure of the cultural commons
- Conclusion: The Global Predicament
- Appendix 1: Acronyms and Abbreviations
- References
- The Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-123).
- ISBN:
- 1-280-84980-0
- 9786610849802
- 1-55250-288-0
- OCLC:
- 43390457
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