{"product_id":"human-security-in-a-borderless-world-9780813344850","title":"Human Security in a Borderless World","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo fully understand contemporary security studies  we must move beyond the traditional focus on major national powers and big wars. Modern threats to security include issues such as globalization  climate change  pandemic diseases  endemic poverty  weak and failing states  transnational narcotics trafficking  piracy  and vulnerable information systems. Human Security in a Borderless World offers a fresh  detailed examination of these challenges that threaten human beings  their societies  and their governments today. Authors Derek S. Reveron and Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris provide a thought-provoking exploration of civic  economic  environmental  maritime  health  and cyber security issues in this era of globalization  including thorough consideration of the policy implications for the United States. They argue that human security is now national security.  This timely and engaging book is an essential text for todays courses on security studies  foreign policy  international relations  and global issues. Features include three special sections in each chapter that explain potential counterarguments about the topic under consideration; explore the policy debates that dominate the area of study; and illuminate concrete examples of security threats. Richly illustrated and accessibly written  Human Security in a Borderless World is designed to encourage critical thinking and bring the material to life for students.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646934048821,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813344859","price":52.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813344850.jpg?v=1781682113","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/human-security-in-a-borderless-world-9780813344850","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}