Human Insecurity: Global Structures of ViolenceBloomsbury Academic, 2008 - 208 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. |
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... essential to the preservation of human security become inaccessible for the poorest , most vulnerable people , creating human insecurity on a massive scale in quite general terms . More specifically , pregnant women need special care in ...
... essential goods like food , shelter and so on . Furthermore , because the socially determined roles of females in the home do not easily attract visible revenue , the females are considered a ' double burden ' in relation to the revenue ...
... essential goods and services . State agents remove subsidies on foodstuffs and utilities ( these might include basic staples like maize , bread or rice , and essential services like clean water provision or electric- ity ) . There are ...
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Thinking about security and violence | 12 |
maternal mortality | 69 |
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