Continued from front flap This book also examines how these global changes play out, not only in the relations among countries and the management of globalization, but at every
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Praise for
The QUEST FOR SECURITY
he essays in this collection boldly confront the quest for security arising from the social, economic,
environmental, and political crises and transformations of our century. Joseph
level of our society, especially in our
“Our interdependent but uncoordinated world, in which we are often at
cities. It explores the potential for cit-
loggerheads with each other, generates many different problems. In
an expansive, balanced analysis of the
ies to effectively ensure personal secu-
an insightful collection of contributions led by Joseph E. Stiglitz and
global landscape and the factors contribut-
rity, promote political participation, and
Mary Kaldor, this wonderful book offers constructive ways of avoiding Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist and Thomas W.
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor and co-chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University and former chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank. His books include Making
Globalization
Work;
disaster with the help of global cooperation. A great book for our time.”
Freefall:
America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy; and The Price of
Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University “At a time when most initiatives to reinvigorate the multilateral system and its provision of global public goods are failing, it is encouraging to read the analyses and proposals contained in this volume. The key message of this excellent collection is reassuring: that the governance predicaments posed by globalization are solvable after all; the intellec-
Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society
tual battle is not lost and it is still possible, with workable propositions,
Endangers Our Future. In 2001, he was
to win the political one in order to build a better international system.
awarded the Nobel Prize in economics.
With strong conviction, I buy the argument.”
Mary Kaldor is professor of global governance and director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics. She is the author of many books, including The Ultimate Weapon Is No Weapon: Human Security and the Changing Rules of War and Peace; New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era; and Global Civil Society: An Answer to War. Kaldor was a founding member of European Nuclear Disarmament and of the Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly. She is also convener of the Human Security Study Group, which reported to Javier Solana. Jacket design: Fifth Letter
Ernesto Zedillo, Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and former president of Mexico “This important book offers new thinking for exceptional times. It draws fascinating parallels between what is happening in the fields of economics, security, and the environment and demonstrates why and how global solutions are the answer to the current interlinked crises.” Javier Solana, former secretary-general of NATO “The Quest for Security is one of the most comprehensive assessments of globalization’s challenges published to date. From mounting income inequality to the destructive power of climate change to the threat of terrorist attacks, this timely compilation of expert insight deftly exposes where global governance has failed and offers pragmatic solutions for building a secure, sustainable, and just post-crisis world.” George Papandreou, former prime minister of Greece and president of
The QUEST FOR SECURITY
of increasing urbanization.
Stiglitz and Kaldor, Editors
protect the environment in the face
E. Stiglitz and Mary Kaldor begin with
ing to the growth of insecurity. While earlier studies have touched on how globalization has increased economic insecurity and how geopolitical changes may have contributed to military insecurity, this volume looks for some common threads: In a globalized world without a global government, with a system of global governance not up to the task, how do we achieve security without looking inward and stepping back from globalization? In each of their areas of expertise, contributors seek answers to questions about how we achieve protection of those people who are most insecure without resorting to economic, military, or mafia protectionism. Some have suggested that the turmoil in the Eurozone “proves” the deficiencies in the welfare state. This book argues that the superior performance of Scandinavian countries arises from their superior systems of social protection, which allow their citizens to undertake greater risk and more actively participate in globalization. Some suggest that we can address terrorism or transnational crimes through the strengthening of borders or longdistance wars. This book develops the proposition that such approaches have the opposite effect and that only through
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these dangers be managed.
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