Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World

GIORGIO SHANI is Associate Professor in the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He is author of Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age, as well as numerous articles in internationally recognised journals, including The Cambridge Review of International Affairs. MAKOTO SATO is Professor in the College of International Relations, and is currently serving as Dean of Research at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. Professor Sato was Senior Associate Member at St Anthony's College, Oxford, UK, from April 2004 to March 2005. He is t

'In adopting a thoroughly reflexive approach to the human security paradigm this collection delivers a (theoretically and empirically) rich analysis of its explanatory and normative power' - from the preface by Professor Anthony G. McGrew, University of Southampton, UK (p.x)

• Foreword; A.G.McGrew Introduction: Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World; G.Shani PART I: CRITICAL INSIGHTS 'Democratic Imperialism', 'Neo-liberal Globalization' and Human In/Security in the Global South; G.Shani The 'Vital Core': From Bare Life to the Biopolitics of Human Security; J.Berman Human Security: Toward Gender Inclusion?; I.Gibson & B.Reardon Downside Risks and Human Security; Y.Mine PART II: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Human Security and Japanese Diplomacy: Debates on the Role of Human Security in Japanese Policy; M.Sato Transnational Crime and Human Insecurity in South East Asia; J.Honna Globalization, The 'War on Terror' and Human In/Security in South Asia; G.Shani Human Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflict Resolution and the Role of Civil Society; H.Solomon Human Security and the Limits of International Intervention: A Comparison of Post-Conflict Angola and Mozambique; C.Alden Human Security and Insecurity: A Perspective from the Other America; J.Nef Human Security and Exceptionalism(s): Securitization, Neoliberalism and Islam; M.K.Pasha Conclusion; G.Shani