CHRIS ALDEN is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UKJACQUELINE BERMAN is Senior Research Analyst for Berkeley Policy Associates (BPA)AN GIBSON is an Associate Professor in the Inter-Faculty Institute for International Studies (IIIS) at Ritsumeikan University, JapanJUN HONNA is Associate Professor in the College of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University, JapanANTHONY G. MCGREW is Professor and Head of School of the Social Science at Southampton University, UKYOICHI MINE is Director in Charge of Administration, the Japan Association for African Studies, and Professor in the Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, JapanJORGE NEF is Professor and Director of Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies, and Professor of Political Science at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, USABETTY A. REARDON is Director Emeritus of the Peace Education Program and Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, USAHUSSEIN SOLOMON is Professor in the Department of Political Sciences and is Director of the Centre for International Political Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa

'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