Quest for Security - Joseph E. Stiglitz

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Résumé :
The essays in this collection boldly confront the quest for security arising out of the social, economic, environmental, and political crises and transformations of our century. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mary Kaldor begin with an expansive, balanced analysis of the global landscape and the factors contributing 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 tasks, 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.

Biographie:
Joseph E. Stiglitz is a professor and cochair 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; Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy; and The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. 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. Professor 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.

Sommaire:
AcknowledgmentsEditors' NoteIntroductionMary Kaldor and Joseph E. StiglitzPart 1: Social Protection Without ProtectionismIntroduction1. Social Protection Without Protectionism, by Joseph E. Stiglitz2. Scandinavian Equality: A Prime Example of Protection Without Protectionism, by Karl Ove Moene 3. Further Considerations on Social Protection, by Kemal Dervis, Leif Pagrotsky, George SorosPart 2: Protection from ViolenceIntroduction4. Global Security Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century, by G. John Ikenberry 5. Restructuring Global Security for the Twenty-First Century, by Mary Kaldor6. Recent Developments in Global Criminal Industries, by Misha Glenny Part 3: Environmental ProtectionIntroduction7. Sharing the Burden of Saving the Planet: Global Social Justice for Sustainable DevelopmentLessons from the Theory of Public Finance, by Joseph E. Stiglitz Appendixes to Chapter 78. Designing the Post-Kyoto Climate Regime, by Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. StavinsPart 4: Urbanizing the Challenges of Global GovernanceIntroduction9. A Focus on Cities Takes Us Beyond Existing Governance Frameworks, by Saskia Sassen 10. Violence in the City: Challenges of Global Governance, by Sophie Body-Gendrot 11. Cities and Conflict Resolution, by Tony Travers12. Cities and Global Climate Governance: From Passive Implementers to Active Co-Decision-Makers, by Kristine Kern and Arthur P. J. MolPart 5: Global GovernanceIntroduction13. Rethinking Global Economic and Social Governance, by Jose Antonio Ocampo14. The G20 and Global Governance, by Ngaire Woods15. Transforming Global Governance? Structural Deficits and Recent Developments in Security and Finance, by David Held and Kevin YoungContributors' Notes

This book takes the many and varied challenges facing the world, from the financial crisis to global warming, and explores how new forms of governance and cooperation can be developed to solve some of them or at least mitigate their effects. This book is original and pathbreaking, and its contributors are at the forefront of thinking about these questions. - Andrew Gamble, Cambridge University