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Item Details
Title:
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A WORLD OF INSECURITY
ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SECURITY |
By: |
Thomas Hylland Eriksen (Editor), Ellen Bal (Editor), Oscar Salemink (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£85.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0745329853 |
ISBN 13: |
9780745329857 |
Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 February, 2010 |
Series: |
Anthropology, Culture and Society |
Pages: |
312 |
Description: |
A pioneering contribution to the emergent anthropology of human security that brings classic concerns of the field into the 21st century. |
Synopsis: |
Human security is a key element in the measure of well-being, and a hot topic in anthropology and development studies. A World of Insecurity outlines a new approach to the subject. The contributors expose a contradiction at the heart of conventional accounts of what constitutes human security, namely that without taking non-material considerations such as religion, ethnicity and gender into account, discussions of human security, academically and in practical terms, are incomplete, inconclusive and deeply flawed. A variety of compelling case studies indicate that, in fact, material security alone cannot adequately explain or fully account for human activity in a range of different settings, and exposed to a variety of different threats. This forceful book will expand and deepen the entire concept of human security, in the process endowing it with political relevance. It is an essential read for students of development studies and anthropology. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
Returns: |
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