Global Security Cultures

ISBN-13: 9781509509188 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Mary (London School of Economics) Kaldor

Opis

Defining four main types - Geo-politics, New Wars, the Liberal Peace and the War on Terror - she investigates how we might identify contradictions, dilemmas and experiments in contemporary security cultures that might ultimately open up new pathways to rescue and safeguard civility in the future.

Recenzje

"This book is a fascinating and thought–provoking assessment of the state of contemporary global security and, crucially, the cultural practices underpinning it, by one of its most perceptive scholars." Andrew Mumford, University of Nottingham

Spis treści

• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Security Cultures
• Chapter 3 Geo–Politics
• Chapter 4 New Wars
• Chapter 5 Liberal Peace
• Chapter 6 War on Terror
• Chapter 7 Geographies
• Chapter 8 Conclusion

O autorze

Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics