Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World: Critical and Global Insights

by Giorgio Shani, Makoto Satō (Editor), Mustapha Kamal Pasha (Editor)

Written by leading authorities from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America, this groundbreaking volume offers the first truly global and critical perspective on human security in the post 9/11 world. The collection offers unique interpretations on mainstream discourses on human security; blends theory and comparative analysis of the human security condition in innovative ways; and opens up the field to a new research agenda in critical human security to offer a challenging and provocative perspective on a key global issue.

241 pages, Hardcover

First published November 9, 2007

Reviews

[Kyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was asked to review this edited volume for the International Studies Review. This is one of the first subtantial projects to critically engage with the theories and practices of human security outside of the western core. It makes a very valuable contribution to the field by exposing the ways in which human security has been deployed to catalyse processes of securitization and repression in the post 9/11 environment. Contributions by Shani, Berman, and Pasha are standouts in this excellent collection.