The Quest for Security: Protection without Protectionism and the Challenge of Global Governance

The Quest for Security: Protection without Protectionism and the Challenge of Global Governance
ISBN-10
0231156863
ISBN-13
9780231156868
Category
Political Science
Pages
434
Language
English
Published
2013-04-30
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Authors
Mary Kaldor, Joseph Stiglitz

Description

Some have suggested that the turmoil in the eurozone "proves" the deficiencies in the welfare state. This book argues that the superior performance of the Scandinavian countries arises from their superior systems of social protection, which allow their citizens to undertake greater risk and more actively participate in globalization. Others suggest that we can address terrorism or transnational crimes through the strengthening of borders or long distance wars. This book develops the proposition that such approaches have the opposite effect and that only through spreading the kind of human security experienced in well-ordered societies can these dangers be managed. This book also examines how these global changes play out not only in the relations among countries and the management of globalization but at every level of our society--

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