Human Security and the UN: A Critical History

by S. Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong

Book Overview

How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role of the United Nations in "securing" the individual? What are the payoffs and costs of this extension of the concept? Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong tackle these questions by analyzing historical and contemporary debates about what is to be secured. From Westphalia through the 19th century, the state's claim to be the object of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025321839X
• ISBN13: 9780253218391
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher