Human Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in East Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hernandez, Carolina G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kim, Eun Mee (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mine, Yoichi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Xiao, Ren (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia
• Subjects: Security, International.; Asia-Politics and government.; Political science.; Citizenship.; Economic development.; Social change.; International Security Studies.; Asian Politics.; Governance and Government.; Development and Social Change.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Human Security in East Asia: Beyond Crises
• 2. Toward a Theory of Human Security
• 3. Sovereignty Issues in a Humanitarian Emergency: The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
• 4. Human Security after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Rethinking the Role of External Assistance
• 5. Colliding Disasters: Conflict and Tsunami in the Context of Human Security in Aceh, Indonesia
• 6. Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar: The Perfect Storm?
• 7. The Haiyan Crisis: Empowering the Local, Engaging the Global
• 8. China in the Fight against the Ebola Crisis: Human Security Perspectives
• 9. Human Insecurity Scourge: The Land Grabbing Crisis in Cambodia
• 10. The Protracted Crisis in Mindanao: Japan's Cooperation and Human Security
• 11. South Korea's Refugee Policies: National and Human Security Perspectives
• 12. Trafficking of Fishermen in Southeast Asia: Sovereignty Questions and Regional Challenges
• 13. Conclusion: Ownership and Collaboration for Human Security in East Asia.