9788182745834 - Strengthening SAARC: Exploring Vistas from Expanded Cooperation von Saurabh; Upreti, B.C. (2 Ergebnisse)

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figs, tables, maps (illustrator). Contents Preface 1 Addressing human security concerns in South Asia the role of SAARCNalini Kant Jha 2 Conceptualising human security in the age of globalisationSudha Mohan 3 Non-traditional issues of security in South Asia challenges and prospectsRajesh Kumar 4 Challenges of governance and security in South AsiaSatish Kumar 5 Gender as a component of human security in South Asia the case of PakistanSN Kaushik 6 Refugees in South Asia and security challenges intervention of SAARCBhavna Sharma and Sourabh Sharma 7 Ethnic conflict and security in South Asia a study of Tamil conflict in Sri LankaKrishan Gopal 8 Migration and security in South AsiaVinod K Bhardwaj and Geeta Sharma 9 Health problems in South Asia challenges before SAARCHareet Kumar 10 Food processing an emerging element in new perception of food securityRoopali Sharma 11 International trade and economic threats in South Asia addressing through SAARCMonika Kannan 12 Challenges in ensuring food security and livelihood in South Asia role of SAARCHema Yadav and Sarwar Ali 13 Human development and right to food securitySatya Bhan Yadav 14 Climate change and regional cooperation in South AsiaSuman Sharma 15 Securing environment in South Asia role of SAARCBC Upreti 16 Cooperation for energy security in South Asia challenges and optionsSanjay Bhardwaj 17 Energy security in South Asia challenges before SAARCSunita Pachori 18 SAARC engaging the Gulfs look east policy for non-traditional security threatsSameena Hameed 19 Forward looking SAARCAparna 20 New factors in Chinas South Asia policySanjeev Kumar 21 Migration and security problemsArchana Gupta 22 SAARC consciousness and role of South Asian UniversitySaurabh IndexIn the post-cold war era there is a serious rethinking on the concept of the security Nations have started putting greater emphasis on the multi-dimensional character of security There is a sharp transformation of the concept from a narrow state centric approach to a comprehensive security paradigm based on the notion of human security Thus the importance of non-military and diplomatic methods in tackling security problems has increased Problems of internal security including armed separatist movement and domestic ethnic strife destructive consequences of drug trafficking particularly in developing countries have altered the security environment The issues like social conflicts food scarcity underdevelopment deprivation poverty civil war climate change energy crisis non-participatory governance etc have become major challenges to human security The rate of financial growth is overcrowding the planet adding to the enormous pressures on the diminishing non-renewable resources This growth at the root of much of global poverty international migration and environmental degradation are unprecedented This does not mean to suggest that the traditional security threats have become irrelevant But the non-traditional security concerns have gained much prominence in the present contextThis book focuses upon a number of non-traditional security issues that the South Asian countries are facing with such as governance ethnicity problem of refugees migrations gender food scarcity health hazards environment energy and external factors The book tries to find out the role of SAARC in this regard and focus to bring out a regional approach to security in South Asia It is hoped that the book will be useful to the students academicians of South Asian affairs and for the concerned policy makers jacket 282 pp.