Human Insecurity: Global Structures of ViolenceBloomsbury Publishing, 2008 M05 15 - 219 pages Human Insecurity is concerned with our refusal to confront the millions of avoidable deaths of women and children each year. Those missing millions are rarely the subject of conventional security studies, yet such avoidable deaths are a vital part of the notion of 'security' more broadly understood. The book argues that such deaths are caused by the man-made structures of neoliberalism and 'andrarchy' and argues that the debate on human security can be reinvigorated by looking at the unarmed, civilian role in causing the deaths of millions of innocent people; from child deaths from preventable disease to honour killings. David Roberts claims that by facing up to this relationship between social structures and massive avoidable human suffering we can create another system less prone to global violence. This book is a powerful intervention in the debate on human security and an urgent call to face up to our responsibilities to the millions killed needlessly each year. |
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Page 7
... practice. This body of understanding of the world, or ontology, claims international and national behaviour is not ... practices, made by collective human activity and transformed through collective human activity' (2005: 17). If this ...
... practice. This body of understanding of the world, or ontology, claims international and national behaviour is not ... practices, made by collective human activity and transformed through collective human activity' (2005: 17). If this ...
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... wealth and developing democracy (2007: 146), which does not thoroughly address gross avoidable mortality levels in practice or construction. Conclusion A reminder of the question we seek to address. About security and violence 29.
... wealth and developing democracy (2007: 146), which does not thoroughly address gross avoidable mortality levels in practice or construction. Conclusion A reminder of the question we seek to address. About security and violence 29.
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... practice. It is a process whereby children are disposed of at, before or soon after birth because of their sex, and ... practiced covertly, in ways that made it appear accidental or inadvertent. (Warren 1985: 32–41) Watts and Zimmerman ...
... practice. It is a process whereby children are disposed of at, before or soon after birth because of their sex, and ... practiced covertly, in ways that made it appear accidental or inadvertent. (Warren 1985: 32–41) Watts and Zimmerman ...
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... practice occurs in Libya, Turkey and other parts of the world characterized by gender stratification, impoverishment and machismo, as well as noticeably traditional male and female role stereotypes. Perceptions of relative sex and ...
... practice occurs in Libya, Turkey and other parts of the world characterized by gender stratification, impoverishment and machismo, as well as noticeably traditional male and female role stereotypes. Perceptions of relative sex and ...
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... practice, Indira reported that 'a study of amniocentesis in a large Bombay hospital found that 95.5 per cent of female fetuses were aborted compared to only a small number of boys'. Furthermore, she added, 'another study conducted in ...
... practice, Indira reported that 'a study of amniocentesis in a large Bombay hospital found that 95.5 per cent of female fetuses were aborted compared to only a small number of boys'. Furthermore, she added, 'another study conducted in ...
Contents
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FOUR Institutions the U5MR infanticide and maternal mortality | 69 |
FIVE Institutions and intimate murder | 88 |
SIX Human and realist security | 105 |
SEVEN International institutions | 117 |
EIGHT Andrarchy and neoliberalism | 136 |
NINE Global structures | 159 |
TEN Conclusion | 179 |
Bibliography | 186 |
Index | 202 |
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