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Foreword
Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for the Environment, European Union	p. V
Hans van Ginkel, Former Rector, United Nations University and United Nations Under-Secretary-General	p. VI
Klaus Töpfer, Former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive-Director, United Nations Environment Programme (1997-2006)	p. VII
Dedications	p. VIII
Acknowledgements	p. XVII
Permissions and Credits	p. XXI
Prefaces	p. 1
Rethinking Security in the New Century - Return to the Grotean Pattern	p. 3
Peace, Development, Ecology and Security IPRA 40 Years alter Groningen	p. 7
Globalization from Below: Ecofeminist Alternatives to Corporate Globalization	p. 15
Towards a Human Security Perspective for the Mediterranean	p. 21
Introduction: Theoretical Contexts for Security Reconceptualizations since 1990	p. 25
Introduction: Globalization and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century	p. 27
Security as Attributes of Social Systems	p. 45
The Conceptual Quartet: Security, Peace, Development and Environment and its Dyadic Linkages	p. 63
Conceptual Quartet: Security and its Linkages with Peace, Development, and Environment	p. 65
Peace and Security: Two Evolving Concepts and Their Changing Relationship	p. 99
Peace and Environment: Towards a Sustainable Peace as Seen From the South	p. 113
Underdevelopment and Human Insecurity: Overcoming Systemic, Natural, and Policy Risk	p. 127
Emergent Sustainability: The Concept of Sustainable Development in a Complex World	p. 141
Development and Security: Genealogy and Typology of an Evolving International Policy Area	p. 151
Security and Environment Linkages Revisited	p. 165
Philosophical, Ethical and Religious Contexts for Conceptualizations of Security	p. 173
Oriental, European, and Indigenous Thinking on Peace in Latin America	p. 175
Security in Hinduism and Buddhism	p. 195
Security in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Philosophy and Ethics	p. 203
Security in Confucian Thought: Case of Korea	p. 221
Security in Japanese History, Philosophy and Ethics: Impact on Contemporary Security Policy	p. 235
Thinking on Security in Hinduism: Contemporary Political Philosophy and Ethics in India	p. 243
Human Security in Jewish Philosophy and Ethics	p. 253
From Homer to Hobbes and Beyond - Aspects of 'Security' in the European Tradition	p. 263
Security Conceptualization in Arab Philosophy and Ethics and Muslim Perspectives	p. 279
Security in African Philosophy and Historical Ideas	p. 289
Security in Latin American Philosophy, Ethics, and History of Ideas	p. 299
The Brazilian View on the Conceptualization of Security: Philosophical, Ethical and Cultural Contexts and Issues	p. 311
Spatial Context and Referents of Security Concepts	p. 321
Securitization of Space and Referent Objects	p. 323
Structural Setting for Global Environmental Politics in a Hierarchic International System: A Geopolitical View	p. 345
Global Environmental Change and Human Security	p. 355
Globalization and Security: The US 'Imperial Presidency': Global Impacts in Iraq and Mexico	p. 363
Globalization from Below: Social Movements and Altermundism -Reconceptualizing Security from a Latin American Perspective	p. 379
Security Regionalism in Theory and Practice	p. 403
Identity-based Security Threats in a Globalized World: Focus on Islam	p. 413
Security and Sovereignty	p. 421
Subordinate, Subsumed and Subversive: Sub-national Actors as Referents of Security	p. 431
Non-state Based Terrorism and Security	p. 439
Agents of Insecurity in the Andes: Transregional Crime and Strategic Relations	p. 449
Re-conceptualizing Security Research with Individual Level Data	p. 457
Reconceptualization of Security in Scientific Disciplines since 1990	p. 465
Quest for International Security: Benefits of Justice versus the Trappings of Paranoia	p. 467
Security in International Law Since 1990	p. 475
Human Security from the Standpoint of an Economist	p. 487
The Concept of Security in International Relations	p. 495
Security in Peace Research and Security Studies	p. 503
Reconceptualizing Dimensions of Security (Debates since 1990)	p. 527
Security: The State (of) Being Free From Danger?	p. 529
From a Security towards a Survival Dilemma	p. 537
The Changing Agenda of Military Security	p. 553
Political Security, an Uncertain Concept with Expanding Concerns	p. 561
Economic Security	p. 569
The Changing Agenda of Societal Security	p. 581
Environmental Security Deconstructed	p. 595
Institutional Security Concepts Revisited for the 21^st Century	p. 603
Human Security and the UN Security Council	p. 605
Evolution of the United Nations Security Concept: Role of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change	p. 621
Security, Development and UN Coordination	p. 637
Reconceptualization of Security in the CSCE and OSCE	p. 643
The Comprehensive Security Concept of the European Union	p. 651
Reconceptualization of External Security in the European Union since 1990	p. 659
Democracy and European Justice and Home Affairs Policies from the Cold War to September 11	p. 677
From a European Security Community to a Secure European Community Tracing the New Security Identity of the EU	p. 695
EU Policy Coherence on Security and Development: A New Agenda for Research and Policy-making	p. 705
From Obsession to Oblivion: Reconceptualization of Security in NATO since 1990	p. 713
NATO's Role in the Mediterranean and Broader Middle East Region	p. 725
German Action Plan: Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peace Consolidation - A Reconceptualization of Security	p. 733
Interfaces between Development and Security: Converging the Role of Development Policy and Security Policy?	p. 743
Reconceptualizing Regional Security for the 21^st Century	p. 753
European Security in the 21st Century: An Institutional Perspective	p. 755
Regionalization of Great Power Security - Near Abroad, Broader Middle East, and European Neighbourhood	p. 763
A Regional Security Perspective From and For the Arab World	p. 775
ECOWAS and Regional Security Challenges	p. 791
A Regional Security Perspective from and for the Horn of Africa	p. 801
Regional Security in Southern Africa Development Community: Perspectives on Security Challenges	p. 811
The Security Problematique in South Asia: Alternative Conceptualizations	p. 819
Security Debates in East Asia since the End of the Cold War	p. 829
China and the New International Security Agenda	p. 839
Security in the New Millennium: A Debate in the South Pacific on Peace and Security: Alternative Formulations in the Post Cold War Era	p. 855
Security on the American Continent: Challenges, Perceptions, and Concepts	p. 867
Towards an Ethical Framework for Security	p. 879
Reconceptualizing Security and Alternative Security Futures	p. 887
Prediction in Security Theory and Policy	p. 889
Climate Change and Security in the 21st Century	p. 901
Global Security: Learning from Possible Futures	p. 915
Role of Prediction in Sustainable Development and Disaster Management	p. 929
Summary and Conclusions	p. 939
Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century: Conclusions for Research and Policy-making	p. 941
Abbreviations	p. 955
Bibliography	p. 963
Biographies of Contributors	p. 1087
Index	p. 1115
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