Description
Book SynopsisNon-state threats and actors have become key topics in contemporary international security as since the end of the Cold War the notion that state is the primary unit of interest in international security has increasingly been challenged.
Trade Review"Viewing non-state forces appropriately as capable of both degrading and enhancing global stability, this insightful volume is useful theoretically and empirically in broadening commonly-held notions of security and governance."
- Robert Mandel, Lewis & Clark College
Table of ContentsFrom State to Non-State Actors: The Rise of Security Governance; E.Krahmann Civil War Mercenaries and PMCs; E.Krahmann Peacebuilding and the Politics of Aid: New Dilemmas of Cooperation Between Governments and NGOs; L.Gerstbauer Strange Bedfellows in Contemporary Security Governance: Issues to Consider in the Interaction Between Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations and International Provate Security Companies; C.Spearin Terrorism and Transnational Crime Transnational Crime State Led Prohibition Regimes and the Challenge of Dismantling Illicit Non-State Networks; M.Kenney HIV/AIDS: An International Security Issue?; S.Elbe NGOs and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in the Developing World; C.Sheehan Small Arms The Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons; M.Bourne The Role of Transnational Advocacy in Shaping the Conventional Arms Regime of the European Union; H.Anders Conclusion; E.Krahmann
