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This book examines how national security strategies relate to an
emerging common European or global vision of security, and to human
security ideas.
Human security and national security are often regarded as
competing and mutually antagonistic; the former was proposed and
has been operationalised in ways which represent a paradigm shift
away from state-centric approaches and the dominance of
national-security perspectives. This has led to human security
being associated with a broadening of the security agenda to
encompass not only physical security, the use of force and military
capabilities, but also the provision of material well-being and
dignity to vulnerable communities.
This edited volume seeks to identify key concepts and themes in
the national discourse of several European countries, addressing
security at a meta-narrative and conceptual level, illustrating the
changes taking place in approaches to security, and in particular,
mapping moves away from a paradigm of national security to one
which might be called human security . It also enables an
assessment of whether national security is currently converging at
either European or global levels.
This book will be of much interest to students of human
security, European politics, discourse analysis, war and conflict
studies, and IR/security studies in general.
The complex problems of peace, security, and development in
societies affected by conflict increasingly demand innovative
ideas, and comprehensive strategies to tackle the diverse,
simultaneous, and daunting challenges faced in trying to rebuild
states and communities after war. This comprehensive collection
sets out a 'Whole-of-Society' (WoS) approach which focuses on the
social contexts within which conflict resolution and prevention
take place. The aim of WoS is to grasp the complexity both within
local society and in the relations between external peacebuilders
and the people they set out to help. The book argues that, by
understanding multiple actors, their relationships, and the
conditions in which they operate, complexity becomes an opportunity
to be grasped, not simply an impediment to building peace. Chapter
6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access
PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 3.0 license.
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780367236885_oachapter6.pdf
This edited book examines European external interventions in human
security, in order to illustrate the evolution and nature of the
European Union as a global political actor. In 2003, the EU
deployed its first external mission under the European Security and
Defence Policy (ESDP) with a military force to the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia. Since then it has instigated over 18
civilian and military missions to deal with humanitarian crises all
over the world. This book presents a series of eight case studies
of external interventions by the EU covering the Balkans, Africa,
the Middle East, Afghanistan and Indonesia, to illustrate the
nature of the EU as a global actor. Using the concept of human
security to assess the effectiveness of these missions in meeting
the EU's aim of being a 'force for good in the world', this study
addresses two key issues: the need for an empirical assessment of
EU foreign and security policies based on EU intervention in
conflict and post-conflict situations and the idea of 'human
security' and how this is applied in European foreign policy. This
book will be of great interest to students of European Security, EU
politics, human security, post-conflict reconstruction, and IR in
general.
This edited book examines European external interventions in
human security, in order to illustrate the evolution and nature of
the European Union as a global political actor.
In 2003, the EU deployed its first external mission under the
European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) with a military force
to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Since then it has
instigated over 18 civilian and military missions to deal with
humanitarian crises all over the world. This book presents a series
of eight case studies of external interventions by the EU covering
the Balkans, Africa, the Middle East, Afghanistan and Indonesia, to
illustrate the nature of the EU as a global actor. Using the
concept of human security to assess the effectiveness of these
missions in meeting the EU's aim of being a ?force for good in the
world?, this study addresses two key issues: the need for an
empirical assessment of EU foreign and security policies based on
EU intervention in conflict and post-conflict situations and the
idea of 'human security' and how this is applied in European
foreign policy.
This book will be of great interest to students of European
Security, EU politics, human security, post-conflict
reconstruction, and IR in general.
Mary Kaldor is Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Global
Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Prior to this she worked at Sussex University as Jean Monnet Reader
in Contemporary European Studies.
Mary Martin is a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of
Global Governance, the London School of Economics. From 2006-2009
she was co-ordinator of the Human Security Study Group. She was
formerly a foreign correspondent and European editor for The Daily
Telegraph and Guardian newspapers.
This book examines how national security strategies relate to an
emerging common European or global vision of security, and to human
security ideas. Human security and national security are often
regarded as competing and mutually antagonistic; the former was
proposed and has been operationalised in ways which represent a
paradigm shift away from state-centric approaches and the dominance
of national-security perspectives. This has led to human security
being associated with a broadening of the security agenda to
encompass not only physical security, the use of force and military
capabilities, but also the provision of material well-being and
dignity to vulnerable communities. This edited volume seeks to
identify key concepts and themes in the national discourse of
several European countries, addressing security at a meta-narrative
and conceptual level, illustrating the changes taking place in
approaches to security, and in particular, mapping moves away from
a paradigm of 'national security' to one which might be called
'human security'. It also enables an assessment of whether national
security is currently converging at either European or global
levels. This book will be of much interest to students of human
security, European politics, discourse analysis, war and conflict
studies, and IR/security studies in general.
This Handbook will serve as a standard reference guide to the
subject of human security, which has grown greatly in importance
over the past twenty years. Human security has been part of
academic and policy discourses since it was first promoted by the
UNDP in its 1994 Human Development Report. Filling a clear gap in
the current literature, this volume brings together some of the key
scholars and policy-makers who have contributed to its emergence as
a mainstream concept, including Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen and
Sadako Ogata, who jointly chaired the 2001 Commission on Human
Security. Drawing upon a range of theoretical and empirical
analyses, the Handbook provides examples of the use of human
security in policies as diverse as disaster management, arms
control and counter-terrorism, and in different geographic and
institutional settings from Asia to Africa, and the UN. It also
raises important questions about how the concept might be adapted
and operationalised in future. Over the course of the book, the
authors draw on three key aspects of human security thinking:
Theoretical issues to do with defining human security as a specific
discourse Human security from a policy and institutional
perspective, and how it is operationalised in different policy and
geographic contexts Case studies and empirical work Featuring some
of the leading scholars in the field, the Routledge Handbook of
Human Security will be essential reading for all students of human
security, critical security, conflict and development, peace and
conflict studies, and of great interest to students of
international security and IR in general.
This Handbook will serve as a standard reference guide to the
subject of human security, which has grown greatly in importance
over the past twenty years. Human security has been part of
academic and policy discourses since it was first promoted by the
UNDP in its 1994 Human Development Report. Filling a clear gap in
the current literature, this volume brings together some of the key
scholars and policy-makers who have contributed to its emergence as
a mainstream concept, including Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen and
Sadako Ogata, who jointly chaired the 2001 Commission on Human
Security. Drawing upon a range of theoretical and empirical
analyses, the Handbook provides examples of the use of human
security in policies as diverse as disaster management, arms
control and counter-terrorism, and in different geographic and
institutional settings from Asia to Africa, and the UN. It also
raises important questions about how the concept might be adapted
and operationalised in future. Over the course of the book, the
authors draw on three key aspects of human security thinking:
Theoretical issues to do with defining human security as a specific
discourse Human security from a policy and institutional
perspective, and how it is operationalised in different policy and
geographic contexts Case studies and empirical work Featuring some
of the leading scholars in the field, the Routledge Handbook of
Human Security will be essential reading for all students of human
security, critical security, conflict and development, peace and
conflict studies, and of great interest to students of
international security and IR in general.
The complex problems of peace, security, and development in
societies affected by conflict increasingly demand innovative
ideas, and comprehensive strategies to tackle the diverse,
simultaneous, and daunting challenges faced in trying to rebuild
states and communities after war. This comprehensive collection
sets out a 'Whole-of-Society' (WoS) approach which focuses on the
social contexts within which conflict resolution and prevention
take place. The aim of WoS is to grasp the complexity both within
local society and in the relations between external peacebuilders
and the people they set out to help. The book argues that, by
understanding multiple actors, their relationships, and the
conditions in which they operate, complexity becomes an opportunity
to be grasped, not simply an impediment to building peace. Chapter
6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access
PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 3.0 license.
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780367236885_oachapter6.pdf
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Belize by the Sea (Paperback)
Tutu Mele, Mary Martin; Photographs by Mary Martin
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Arriving in Paris in 1845, at the age of twenty and with only a few
francs in his pocket, Charles Frederick Worth would go on to build
the most prominent, innovative and successful fashion house of the
century. Worth was inspired by a love of fine art, luxurious
fabrics and his vision of the female ideal. He was the first to set
out to dictate new styles and silhouettes to his elite clientele -
not the other way around - hosting them in his rue de la Paix
salons, which included ground-breaking 'sportswear' and 'maternity'
departments, as well as silk, velvet and brocade rooms, and a
special salon with closed shutters and gas lighting designed to
allow clients to try on ball gowns in lighting conditions precisely
matched to those of the event. Organized chronologically and
illustrated with striking ensembles (including photographs of
details that reveal the garments' intricate construction and
craftsmanship), paintings and documents sourced from both private
family archives and the best fashion collections from museums
around the world, The House of Worth is an inspiring tribute to the
house that started it all.
A challenge to conventional wisdom, this eye-opening account
explains how businesses can stabilise conflict and improve people's
lives while still pursuing the bottom line. Ours is an era of big
companies, multinational brands and global business power, but also
of seemingly unending conflict. Corporate Peace examines how
corporations respond to the life-and-death business of war and
peace. What happens when they come up against Mexican drug cartels,
or the Ebola epidemic in Liberia? Through the experiences of
behemoths such as Fiat, Veolia, BP and Unilever, Mary Martin shows
how big business is increasingly critical in building a safer
world, in the face of failed states, health pandemics, insurgencies
and organised crime. Can companies do more than generate profits in
the poorest and most fragile parts of the world? Should they also
shoulder responsibilities neglected by government? Martin contends
that corporations must move beyond simply 'doing no harm', or
upholding human rights. They are becoming part of the solution,
contributing expertise and investment to resolve complex issues of
violence, authority and law. Corporate Peace offers an alternative
account of business, challenging our assumptions about security and
how companies function in an unstable world. It is an invitation to
anyone interested in how society works: to rethink how
multinationals can mobilise their power and influence for the
common good.
Full-time FindingJoy.net blogger, speaker, marketer, podcaster, and
single mom of seven, Rachel Martin presents a pivotal book for moms
to spark the hope they need to overcome self-doubt, fear, pressure,
and isolation. This book is part encouragement and part rally cry
for moms everywhere who have gotten lost within the pages of their
own story, undervaluing all they do every day and exchanging the
beauty of who they are for a Pinterest-perfect illusion. It gives
you the tools you need to overcome fear, loneliness, and inaction.
By drawing on anecdotes and lessons from her own life, Rachel
empowers moms to forget their past mistakes,celebrate what they've
already accomplished, and dare to be real about their struggles.
She teaches them to cheer each other on toward better days, so that
"alone" is replaced with "comradeship" and "fear" is replaced with
"courage".You can make changes. You can overcome fear and doubt.
You can pursue dreams, find yourself, and live a life of deep
happiness and uncontainable joy.
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Athalie (Paperback)
Caroline Marie Martin
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The United States faces an alarmingly high rate of maternal
morbidity and mortality, distinguishing it from other high-income
countries that have achieved decreases in these rates in recent
years. U.S. maternal morbidity and mortality rates are
disproportionate across racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and
geographic groups. Statistics on maternal health outcomes reveal
that there are challenges to protecting both the lives and future
health of birthing people and their children. Recognizing the
urgency of this growing problem, the National Academies Board on
Population Health and Public Health Practice convened a 2-day
virtual workshop, Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Reducing
Maternal Mortality. The workshop examined the current state of
maternal health in the United States and explored the factors
needed to help communities and health care systems become more
effective in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality and
improving health outcomes through the fourth trimester. This
publication summarizes the presentations and discussions of the
workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter Proceedings of a Workshop
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of
Workshop Speakers, Moderators, and Planning Committee Members
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