This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Edited by two of the field's leading scholars, the volume embraces a broad new definition of security, and examines the risks and challenges posed by[...]

The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues that this is no coincidence and that the reinvention of civil society has to be understood in the context of globalization. The concept of civil society [...]

Mary Kaldor's New and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war - that is to say, war between states in which the aim is to[...]

"New and Old Wars" has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war is becoming an anachronism. In its place is a new type of organized violence [...]

Begreppet »civilsamhälle» har en lång historia i det politiska språket. Det fick en renässans på 70- och 80-talet: dels i den östeuropeiska oppositionen, dels i diskussionen om de västliga demokratiernas problem. Efter 1989 har begreppet kopplats ihop med globaliseringen: med transnationell[...]

Mary Kaldor's "New and Old Wars" has fundamentally changed the way we understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war--that is to say, war between states in which the aim is to inflict maximum violence--is beco[...]

The annual Global Civil Society Yearbooks provide an indispensable guide to global civil society or civic participation and action around the world. The 2009 Yearbook explores the framings, strategies and impacts of a range of actors on poverty and its alleviation. The overarching question is to whe[...]