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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... ( ibid . ) . They add that ' 529,000 [ expectant mothers ] die each year ... with few signs of global improvement in this situation ' ( ibid .: 10 ) . The UNDP commented that most maternal mortality affects the developing world , ' where ...
... ( ibid .: 15 ) Radford and Russell conclude that widespread deaths from such treat- ment deserve and require conceptualization as ' femicide ' ( ibid .: 15 ; Siya- chitema 2003 : 29 ) . Distinguishing and deploying this term are important ...
... ( ibid .: 3 ) - FGM varies in severity . Infibulation – where all external sexual organs are cut off - is the most extreme . UNICEF declared that ' apart from the immediate fear and pain , the consequences can include prolonged bleeding ...
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Thinking about security and violence | 12 |
maternal mortality | 69 |
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