Risking human security : attachment and public life / edited by Marci Green.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Marci.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attachment behavior.

Interpersonal relations.

Security (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Most research in the field of attachment is on the experiences of attachment, separation and loss, and their developmental course and effects. This book widens our vision to the public domain, to consider the ways in which social institutions, culture and social policy may diminish our ability to make and maintain secure attachments. It argues that collective human security depends in part on the quality of attachments amongst individuals, a quality which, in turn, is conditioned by the structures of public life. The book invites its readers to reflect on those social processes that put our security at risk and to explore the prospects for enabling change."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ATTACHMENT THEORY; CHAPTER ONE: The social construction of the human brain; PART II: THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC LIFE AND PERSONAL ATTACHMENT; CHAPTER TWO: Attachment and loss of community; CHAPTER THREE: Labour to love; CHAPTER FOUR: Unsettling policies: unanticipated consequences for migrant Afro-Caribbean families; CHAPTER FIVE: Seeking asylum: the struggle for a new secure base

CHAPTER SIX: Compassion deficit disorder? The impact of consuming culture on children's relationshipsCHAPTER SEVEN: Primitive justice: who pays the price?; PART III: STRATEGIES FOR ENABLING CHANGE; CHAPTER EIGHT: Human security and conflict; CHAPTER NINE: Enabling change

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-91869-0

0-429-90446-0

0-429-47969-7

1-283-07079-0

9786613070791

1-84940-684-7

9780429479694

OCLC:

723944325