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Global Governance, Development and Human Security: The Challenge of Poverty and Inequality (Human Security in the Global Economy)
Caroline Thomas
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Description for Global Governance, Development and Human Security: The Challenge of Poverty and Inequality (Human Security in the Global Economy)
Paperback. Thomas examines global development and security agendas, and how they impact on individual human security in the 1990s. Series: Human Security in the Global Economy. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; JWK; KCL; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
This book argues that the global development and security agendas are merging. No longer is the language of security confined within the straitjacket of the state and associated national security concerns. The spotlight is shifting to the legitimate security concerns of human beings. The book examines how development is promoted by global governance institutions and how this has impacted on human security in the 1990s.
Caroline Thomas focuses on the effects of trade, finance, and investment liberalisation on deepening inequality. She explores different approaches for addressing the deepening inequality which threatens the economy at all levels, ... Read more
This book argues that the global development and security agendas are merging. No longer is the language of security confined within the straitjacket of the state and associated national security concerns. The spotlight is shifting to the legitimate security concerns of human beings. The book examines how development is promoted by global governance institutions and how this has impacted on human security in the 1990s.
Caroline Thomas focuses on the effects of trade, finance, and investment liberalisation on deepening inequality. She explores different approaches for addressing the deepening inequality which threatens the economy at all levels, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Human Security in the Global Economy
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745314211
SKU
V9780745314211
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Ref
99-50
About Caroline Thomas
Caroline Thomas is Professor of Global Politics at the University of Southampton. Her publications include Trade and New Social Issues (Routledge, 1998); Globalization and the South (Macmillan, 1997) and The Environment in International Relations, (RIIA, 1992).
Reviews for Global Governance, Development and Human Security: The Challenge of Poverty and Inequality (Human Security in the Global Economy)
'Succeeds superbly in explaining and evaluating from a political economy perspective the theoretical and practical underpinnings of human security in light of global economic transformation'
Development in Practice
Development in Practice