Moufida Goucha & John Crowley 
Rethinking Human Security 

This book provides seven studies that address major issues
such as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects
of human security, ethical and environmental challenges, human
security as a basic element for a policy framework, the human
security agenda developed by the Human Security Network, and
debates on human security within the United Nations.

* Building on its variety of themes, the book takes account of
the complexity and scope of the concept of human security, and
proposes thereby to refresh and enrich discussion

* Contributors are internationally renowned experts in the
different subfields of human security

* Offers an overview of current trends and insights on what is at
stake if the international community is to maintain the momentum
created a few years ago when the concept of human security
emerged

* Designed to help both newcomers and experts in the field of
human security

* Readers will find inspiration in the new developments of a
concept that aims to shape practical action to meet the needs of
the most vulnerable

Table of Content

1. Introduction: Rethinking Human Security (Pierre Sané).

2. Human Security and Human Rights Interaction (Wolfgang
Benedek).

3. Conceptualising the Environmental Dimension of Human Security
in the UN (Hans Günter Brauch).

4. The Ethical Challenges of Human Security in the Age of
Globalisation (J. Peter Burgess).

5. Building the Agenda of Human Security: Policy and Practice
within the Human Security Network (Keith Krause).

6. Gender Aspects of Human Security (Ghada Moussa).

7. Basic Elements of a Policy Framework for Human Security (Paul
Oquist).

8. The Uncertain Future of Human Security in the UN (Taylor
Owen).

References.

Index.

About the author

Moufida Goucha is Chief of Section of the Human Security,
Democracy and Philosophy Section at UNESCO.



John Crowley is Chief of Section of the Ethics of
Sciences and Technology Section at UNESCO. He is also the Chief
Editor of the International Social Sciences Journal.