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Human Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in East Asia

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Proposes a set of practical lessons for both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to help them realize human security in East Asia
  • Discusses both natural and human disasters that the East Asian region faces or is attempting to resolve
  • Adopts an ASEAN+3 regional framework, rather than just ASEAN or Northeast Asia

Part of the book series: Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia (SDHRP)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Human Security in East Asia: Beyond Crises

    • Carolina G. Hernandez, Eun Mee Kim, Yoichi Mine, Ren Xiao
    Pages 1-19
  3. Toward a Theory of Human Security

    • Akihiko Tanaka
    Pages 21-40
  4. The Haiyan Crisis: Empowering the Local, Engaging the Global

    • Perlita M. Frago-Marasigan
    Pages 133-153
  5. Human Insecurity Scourge: The Land Grabbing Crisis in Cambodia

    • Pou Sovachana, Paul Chambers
    Pages 181-203
  6. Trafficking of Fishermen in Southeast Asia: Sovereignty Questions and Regional Challenges

    • Surangrut Jumnianpol, Nithi Nuangjamnong, Sompong Srakaew
    Pages 249-270
  7. Conclusion: Ownership and Collaboration for Human Security in East Asia

    • Carolina G. Hernandez, Eun Mee Kim, Yoichi Mine, Ren Xiao, Ako Muto
    Pages 271-287
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 289-300

About this book

This book takes up a wide variety of human security challenges beyond the dimension of human conflict, and looks at both natural and human disasters that the East Asian region faces or is attempting to resolve. While discussing various human security issues, the case studies offer practical lessons to address serious human security challenges in the framework of the ASEAN Plus Three and beyond. Against the backdrop of multifaceted globalization and parochial reactions thereto, this book is a powerful contribution to universal human security.

Reviews

“The concept of human security makes invaluable contributions to the world’s efforts to advance sustainable development and peace. With its emphasis on people, human security embodies the core promise of the 2030 Agenda: to leave no one behind.” (António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations)

“A fascinating collection of case studies—ranging from recent earthquakes in China and Japan to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, land grabs in Cambodia, human trafficking in Indonesia, and more—brings unique insights to the way that several core themes of international security and development play out: East Asian regionalism, sovereignty, the role of trust, the nexus of development and human security, and the importance of local knowledge. It provides a useful resource that brings together exploration of human security as theory and its application to analyzing how contemporary threats to human well-being are being addressed by individuals, states and the international community.”(Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, USA)

“At a time when the global community is faced with increasingly complex challenges to human security, this book on Human Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in East Asia could not have been more timely. Rich in conceptual and empirical analyses of human security threats from, among others, natural disasters, infectious diseases, forced migration and internal conflicts, the book persuasively argues that in a highly interconnected and integrated East Asian region, cross-border cooperation is far more critical now than ever before. This book is a must read for policy and academic communities and for anyone interested in human security in Asia and beyond.” (Mely Caballero-Anthony, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

    Carolina G. Hernandez

  • Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Eun Mee Kim

  • Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

    Yoichi Mine

  • Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Ren Xiao

About the editors

Carolina G. Hernandez is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, the Philippines.


Eun Mee Kim is Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea. 


Yoichi Mine is Professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, Japan.


Ren Xiao is Professor in the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, China.








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eBook USD 79.99
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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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